# Incident 20130305003929I: Gates Learjet Corp 55, Boca Raton, FL, March 5, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2013, 11:20 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Airport: Boca Raton
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3785° N, 80.1077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOCA RATON (BCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3785&lon=-80.1077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245MS (not matched to a registry record)
- 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
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130305003929I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS AIRCRAFT LEARJET 55, N245MS, S/N 077, AIR TURNBACK TO BOCA RATON AIRPORT (BCT) DUE TO THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT INDICATION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A 14 CFR 91 FLIGHT FROM BCT TO COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE).  THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) STATED THAT HE RECEIVED CLEARANCE FROM PALM BEACH DEPARTURE CONTROL TO CLIMB TO 10,000 FEET SHORTLY AFTER ADDING POWER TO CLIMB TO THE STATED ALTITUDE THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE PIC PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, THE ENGINE FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY SHUTOFF THE LEFT ENGINE.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PLANE WAS VECTORED TO BCT RUNWAY 23.  AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY AND TURNED OFF THE ACTIVE WITH 2,000 FEET REMAINING.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PLANE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAXIED TO BOCA AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING.

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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