# Incident 20100612035089I: Learjet Inc 45, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2010, 17:20 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale/Hollywood Intnl
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N526EL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N526EL-2011-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 45 (registry code 5170805, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 45
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100612035089I

## Narrative

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

CREW EXPERIENCED AUTOPILOT MALFUNCTIONAFTER DEPARTURE FROM FLL. CREW DECIDED TO TURN BACK AND RETURN TO FLL.  AIRCRAFT TAKEN TO BOMBARDIER CFR 145 REPAIR STATION WHERE DIAGNOSTICS REVEALED SUBSYSTEM LINE REPLACEABLE UNIT FAILURE AS BEING ISOLATED TO THE HSTA CONTROL BOX P/N 6627401000-003 S/N D0472. THIS UNIT WAS REPLACED WITH HSTA CONTROL BOX S/N D0027.  END OF RECORD.

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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