# Incident 20100103025669I: Gates Lear 36, Hillsboro, OR, January 3, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2010, 17:49 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Portland-Hillsboro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CMWA
- Location: 45.5421° N, 122.9507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-HILLSBORO (HIO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5421&lon=-122.9507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N361PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N361PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 36 (registry code 5170601, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEAR 36
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,200 total, 1,205 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100103025669I

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMB OUT WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTING PILOT FELT/HEARD "THUMP".  LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED WITH 3 GREEN INDICATIONS.  FLY-BY CONTROL TOWER VISUALLY CONFIRMED LANDING GEAR DOWN.  AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE.  THE POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND REVEALED INITAL IMPACT OF A BIRD, WITH ASSOCIATED FEATHERS AND BLODD, AT THE RIGHT HAND PITOT PROBE.  FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED THE RIGHT HAND WING LEADING EDGE WITH APPROXIMATELY A 12 INCH AREA CAVED IN.  THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE INLET LEADING EDGE WAS CRUSHED IN TWO AREAS.  THE IMPACT CAUSED THE ENGINE COWLING LEADING EDGE TO SEPARATE WHERE THE REMAINS OF THE BIRD(S) WERE FOUND.

## Other reports on N361PJ (3)

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

- [Incident 20191127024019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191127024019I), Nov 27, 2019: Gates Lear Jet Corp. 36 (N361PJ), Newport, OR, No damage. N361PJ was unable to climb to assigned altitude (FL390). The aircraft was observed by ATC to be descending through FL380 and further descended to FL370. N361PJ…
- [Incident 20130528008879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130528008879I), May 28, 2013: Gates Lear Jet Corp. 36 (N361PJ), Hillsboro, OR, Minor damage. After takeoff the gear was cycled to the up postion. It was noted that the nose gear had an unsafe indication. The crew then flew past the tower to comfirm…
- [Incident 20090902049009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090902049009I), Sep 2, 2009: Gates Lear 36 (N361PJ), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Lear 36, N361PJ, a medevac flight, arrived at anc at 1047L time. Engines were shut down at 1050L. Aircraft was fueled, aprox. 613 gl. Of fuel were uploaded.…

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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