# Incident 20100813045249I: Gates Learj 35A, Opa Locka, FL, August 13, 2010 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 13, 2010, 17:15 local time - Place: Opa Locka, FL - Airport: Opa Locka - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: 19JA - Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10 - Aircraft: N35GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35GC-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: GATES LEARJ 35A - Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TFE731 SER - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 5,844 total, 198 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100813045249I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. UPON VISUAL APPROACH TO OPA-LOCKA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OPF), DESCENDING FROM 2000 FEET, THE CABIN LOST PRESSURIZATION. THE GREEN NOSE WHEEL STEERING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING BUTTON BEING SELECTED. THE PILOTS CHECKED THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS ON THE LEFTSIDE COCKPIT CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. ALL WERE NORMAL (EXCEPT THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH HAD ALREADY POPPED) WHEN SUDDENLY THE NAV LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED WITH SEVERAL OTHER CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPING IN SUCCESSION.THE LEFTSIDE COCKPIT CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL STARTED EMANATING SMOKE FOLLOWED BY A GLOW OF YELLOW FLAME WHICH COULD BE SEEN BEHIND THE LEFTSIDE COCKPIT CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL.AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27R. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. TWO PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED SAFELY FROM AIRCRAFT. ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, BOMBARDIER IS WORKING WITH THIS OPERATOR TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FIRE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE WIRING BUNDLE TO THE AIRCRAFT SKIN THAT HE BELIEVES THAT BOMBARDIER WILL RELEASE A SERVICE BULLETIN BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT. 09-16-10-ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2010, INSPECTORS FROM THE SOFLFSDO-19 PERFORMED AN ON-SITE VISIT AT TURNBERRY AVIATION HANGAR NUMBER 3, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY HOUSED.INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING:1- LEFT SIDE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL, PART NUMBER T3508819-266-1, SERIAL NUMBER 97726 SHOWED EVIDENCE OF BURNED WIRES. WE COULD NOT INSPECT THIS PANEL BECAUSE IT WAS SECURED IN A LOCKED CAGE.2- PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY BOMBARDIER REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN AC CIRCUIT BREAKER SHORTED TO THE WIRING BUNDLE THAT RUNS FROM THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL TO THE AVIONICS EQUIPMENT IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.3- THE FIRE ALSO STARTED TO OVERHEAT THE PASSENGER OXYGEN (O2) SHUT-OFF VALVE, O2 ON/OFF VALVES AND O2 PRESSURE GAUGE LINES.4- A TOTAL OF 14 CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE FOUND POPPED ON THIS PANEL.5- THE GENERATOR CONTROL PANEL, PART NUMBER 6608205-1, SERIAL NUMBER X386 DID NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. THIS CONTROL PANEL SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL FROM OVERHEATING. THE PANEL WAS TAKEN BY BOMBARDIER FOR SPECIAL EVALUATION. 6- REPAIR WORK IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED UNDER BOMBARDIER WORK ORDER NUMBER 149846.7- SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT NUMBER EZKA2010F00193 WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE FAA SDR DATA BASE BY THIS OPERATOR. ## Other reports on N35GC (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20171003016369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171003016369I), Oct 3, 2017: Gates Learjet Corp. 35A (N35GC), Kenner, LA, Minor damage. The aircraft was conducting a medical flight with two crew, two medical personnel, one patient, and one companion. During the final walk-around with aircraft… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.