# Incident 20091219053749I: Gates Lear 35, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2009, 19:50 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: O2JA
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444WB-2021-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 35 (registry code 5170600, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEAR 35
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,898 total, 3,555 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091219053749I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON DECEMBER 19, 2009, LEARJET 35A, N444WB, TOOK OFF FROM MONTREAL CANADA AND HAD A NOSE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT.  THE CREW DID A FLY BY THE ATCT AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE RETRACTED BUT THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE STILL OPEN. THE CREW MADE CONTACT WITH THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND A DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT FLYING AT AN AIRSPEED THAT WOULD NOT EXCEED  VLO OF 200 KNOTS.  ON LANDING AT FXE THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE AND ALSO DEPLOYED THE DRAG CHUTE. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE PAVED SURFACE BUT THE LEFT FLAP STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FLAP.  THE CREW SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND REQUESTED A TOW.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED A COLLAPSED NOSE STRUT WITH HYDRAULIC LEAKAGE THAT MADE ITS WAY INTO THE STEERING SERVO.  OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE SERVO SHOWED ABNORMAL INTERNAL NOISE AND INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT.  THE NOSE STRUT WAS DIS-ASSEMBLED, CLEANED,INSPECTED AND RE-ASSEMBLED WITH NEW SEALS.  THE STEERING SERVO WAS REPLACED AND TESTED. NORMAL.

## Other reports on N444WB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170207001629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170207001629I), Feb 7, 2017: Gates Lear Jet 35 (N444WB), Fort Lauderdale, FL, No damage. On 02/07/2017 during initial climb out from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (fxe), the crew of Learjet 35, registration N444WB, s/n 105 received a "lt fuel…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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