# Incident 20100212028529I: Gates Learj 25D, Sugarland, TX, February 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2010, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sugarland, TX
- Airport: Sugarland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6222° N, 95.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUGAR LAND RGNL (SGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6222&lon=-95.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43DR-2018-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 25D (registry code 5170514, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-25d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEARJ 25D
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100212028529I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 11, 2010, AIRCRAFT N43DR HAD MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE NOSE GEAR STEERING.  THE COMPUTER COMPONENT THAT CONTROLS THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS REPLACED.  THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM SO THE OLD UNIT WAS PUT BACK IN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE NEW COMPUTER BEING BOXED FOR RETURNING TO THE MANUFACTURER.  THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS MEL'D.ON FEBRUARY 12, 2010, THE PILOT PERFORMED A NORMAL TAKEOFF FROM SUGARLAND AIRPORT.  WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED THE CREW NOTED THAT THERE WAS A RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT FOR THE NOSE WHEEL.  THE CREW RECYCLED THE GEAR AND AGAIN RECEIVED A GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT.  THE CAPTAIN NOTIFIED ATC THAT THEY WOULD RETURN TO SUGARLAND BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.  UPON LANDING THE CREW STATED THAT AS SOON AS THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT.  FULL RIGHT RUDDER, RIGHT BRAKE, AND RIGHT THRUST REVERSE WAS APPLIED BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY AFFECT ON THE TURN.THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP AT APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FEET FROM THE RUNWAY.  ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS EVACUATED THE PLANE WITHOUT INJURY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE WHEN THE LEFT FLAP CONTACTED A RUNWAY SIGN. UPDATE4/13/2010THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING MOTOR WAS TESTED AND DETERMINED TO BE INOPERATIVE.  SEVERAL CAPACITORS AND POTENTIOMETERS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

## Other reports on N43DR (1)

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

- [Incident 20110610013399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110610013399I), Jun 10, 2011: Gates Learjet 25D (N43DR), Addison, TX, No damage. On June 10, 2011 at approximately 14:42 csd a Gates lear 25 was turning off of the active runway at Addison airport in Addison, Texas. The aircraft experienced…

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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