# Accident 20101117051869A: Gates Lear 25B, Hillsboro, OR, November 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2010, 15:53 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Portland-Hillsboro Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: N/A
- Location: 45.5511° N, 122.9608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5511&lon=-122.9608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25PJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25PJ-2019-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEAR 25B
- Reported engine: GE CJ610-SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101117051869A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON VOR/DME-C APPROACH IN IFR, INBOUND FOR LANDNG. CONTROLLERS REPORTED  WIND 180 AT 10 GUSTING TO 16, FIELD WAS IFR,  VISIBILTY 2.5 MILES, RAIN, WET RUNWAY. PILOTS CHOICE OF RUNWAYS, NO OTHER TRAFFIC. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND RUNWAY 30 WITH A TAILWIND COMPONENT OF 8 KNOTS ON A VERY WET RUNWAY. RUNWAY LENGTH IS 6600' TOWER WITNESS AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN AT A-6 WHICH IS 1900' FROM THRESHOLD. PILOT REPORTED INEFFECTIVE BRAKING ACTION UPON LANDING. ELECTED NOT TO RISK GOING AROUND. NEXT COMMUNICATION WAS AIRCRAFT OFF END OF RUNWAY. DURING INTERVIEW PIC AND SIC PROVIDED LANDING DISTANCE OF 3600 FEET DRY RUNWAY AND 5100 FEET WET RUNWAY. AT TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT HAD 4700 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING. 200 FEET OF PAVED OVERRUN AND ANOTHER 200 FEET OF GRASS BEFORE A DITCH. AIRCRAFT SUSTAIN SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED THE DITCH, BREAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY AND NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR. WHICH DAMAGED THE FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD,  FORWARD LOWER PRESSURE VESSEL AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE NOSE ON GROUND AND OVER GEAR ASSEMBLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR11FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA052), Nov 17, 2010: Gates Lear Jet 25B (N25PJ), Portland, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the flight crew to stop the airplane on the runway due to the flying pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Contributing to the accident was an anti-skid system that was…

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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