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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gates Learjet 55 · Salt Lake City, UT · November 8, 2011

Date
November 8, 2011 · 12:27 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
B5ZA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95WK
Reported as
Gates Learjet 55
Reported engine
Garrett TFE-731 series
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,435 total1,011 in this make and model110 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 aircraft had a tire blow out and the left gear strut broke. Its unclear which took place first but it resulted in the two left wheel and brake assemblies to turn about 90 degrees and slide down the runway. The aircraft traveled about 4800 feet before coming to rest off the left side of runway 17.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT AND THE LEFT GEAR STRUT BROKE. ITS UNCLEAR WHICH TOOK PLACE FIRST BUT IT RESULTED IN THE TWO LEFT WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES TO TURN ABOUT 90 DEGREES AND SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ABOUT 4800 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 17.