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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gates Learjet 55 · Minneapolis, MN · February 13, 2012

Date
February 13, 2012 · 15:12 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
1HBA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N155SJ
Reported as
Gates Learjet 55
Reported engine
AiResearch TFE731 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,800 total2,510 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.

Part 91 reposition flight from msp to rst. Pilot aborted takeoff at approximately 70-80 knots due to heavy vibration. Pilot applied light braking and vibration got worse. At approximately 30 knots aircraft pulled hard to left and aircraft exited runway to the left onto grass.

As the FAA filed it

PART 91 REPOSITION FLIGHT FROM MSP TO RST. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 70-80 KNOTS DUE TO HEAVY VIBRATION. PILOT APPLIED LIGHT BRAKING AND VIBRATION GOT WORSE. AT APPROXIMATELY 30 KNOTS AIRCRAFT PULLED HARD TO LEFT AND AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY TO THE LEFT ONTO GRASS.