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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Israel Aircraft Industries GALAXY · Grand Junction, CO · April 17, 2015

Date
April 17, 2015 · 12:32 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Airport
Grand Junction Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
9JLA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N415PR
Reported as
Israel Aircraft Industries Galaxy
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,177 total2,157 in this make and model97 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.

During a part 91 repositioning flight on April 14, 2015 at approximately 13:01 MDT, following maintenance on the pitot static system at west star aviation crs WTXR173J. N415PR, flight number JTL415, departed Grand Junction airport (gjt). When the aircraft rotated the crew noticed an eicas message indicating a fault with the left and right pitot heat. The crew reported that they ran the appropriate check list. Shortly after that the crew lost all airspeed indication. The crew reported the problem to ATC and declared an emergency. ATC called out heading and altitude to assist the crew. The aircraft returned to gjt airport and landed without further incident. After landing the crew noticed that the pitot heat circuit breakers were out.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT ON APRIL 14, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:01 MDT, FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE ON THE PITOT STATIC SYSTEM AT WEST STAR AVIATION CRS WTXR173J. N415PR, FLIGHT NUMBER JTL415, DEPARTED GRAND JUNCTION AIRPORT (GJT). WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED THE CREW NOTICED AN EICAS MESSAGE INDICATING A FAULT WITH THE LEFT AND RIGHT PITOT HEAT. THE CREW REPORTED THAT THEY RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHECK LIST. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE CREW LOST ALL AIRSPEED INDICATION. THE CREW REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ATC CALLED OUT HEADING AND ALTITUDE TO ASSIST THE CREW. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GJT AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE PITOT HEAT CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE OUT.