# Incident 20120907020799I: Gates Learjet Corp 55, Indianapolis, IN, September 7, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2012, 07:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 9JLA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126KL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N126KL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 55 (registry code 5170702, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEARJET CORP 55
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120907020799I

## Narrative

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

THE PART 135 FLIGHT EMANATED FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIND) IN ROUTE TO THE NORTH BAY AIRPORT (CYYB) LOCATED IN ONTARIO CANADA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WITHIN 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, HE NOTICED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE ELECTROLUMINESCENT (EL) PANEL WAS NOT ENGAGED. DETERMINING THAT THIS EQUIPMENT WAS NON-ESSENTIAL, THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED. AT ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE LEFT PITOT HEAT CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER BOTH CREW MEMBERS BECAME AWARE OF A BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE COCKPIT ALTHOUGH NO SMOKE WAS EVER OBSERVED. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CREW REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE KIND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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