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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Learjet 60 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · April 7, 2011

Date
April 7, 2011 · 18:10 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N601GG
Reported as
Learjet 60
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada 305 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total400 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The primary flight display (PFD) shut off 20 minutes after take-off from ft Lauderdale executive airport (fxe). Aircraft returned to fxe for troubleshooting. While enroute returning to fxe, the PFD came back on line. The aircraft landed safely at fxe. Maintenance personnel inspected the aircraft and could not duplicate the malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

THE PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY (PFD) SHUT OFF 20 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM FT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE). AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FXE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. WHILE ENROUTE RETURNING TO FXE, THE PFD CAME BACK ON LINE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT FXE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE MALFUNCTION.