# Incident 20120613012669I: Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, Anchorage, AK, June 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2012, 04:24 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: O9IA
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N544LM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEARJET CORP. 35A
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120613012669I

## Narrative

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

DURING A POST-MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT:SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE REPORTED A SPOILER UNSAFE INDICATION AND DUMPED FUEL NW OF THE AIRPORT TO AVOID OVERWEIGHT LANDING. THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN AND GETTING A LANDING GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION (NO GEAR SAFE GREEN LIGHTS, TWO MAIN GEAR UNSAFE RED LIGHTS). LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED BY USE OF EMERGENCY NITROGEN EXTENSION SYSTEM, ACHIEVING THREE GEAR SAFE GREEN INDICATIONS, ALONG WITH TWO MAIN GEAR RED INDICATIONS. (MAIN GEAR INBOARD GEAR DOORS WILL REMAIN DEPLOYED AFTER AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION.)LANDED RUNWAY 15 AT 0424 LOCAL TIME, DEPLOYED THRUST REVERSERS DURING LANDING, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO STOW THRUST REVERSERS AFTERWARD. AS A RESULT OF DEPLOYED THRUST REVERSERS, COULD NOT TAXI (NO FORWARD THRUST) AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE RAMP. RUNWAY CLOSED FOR AIRCRAFT TOWING REMOVAL, WITH NO IMPACT TO AIRPORT OPERATIONS.

## Other reports on N544LM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120305004199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120305004199I), Mar 5, 2012: Gates Learjet Corp. 35A (N544LM), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. During approach to runway 7R at the Anchorage international airport the first officer, transferred the controls to the captain, due to her not having adequate…

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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