# Incident 20150330005569I: Learjet Inc 31, Houston, TX, March 30, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2015, 14:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 31 (registry code 5170530, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 31
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TFE731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,530 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150330005569I

## Narrative

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

MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT IN THE NOSE COMPARTMENT AREA AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE FOLLOWING THIS MAINTENANCE. THE CERTIFICATED MECHANIC WITH AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT RATINGS FAILED TO SECURELY FASTEN THE NOSE COMPARTMENT PANEL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW THE AIRCRAFT 3 DAYS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. THE NOSE COMPARTMENT PANEL DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES RELATED TO THIS 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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