# Incident 20150417008349I: Israel Aircraft Industries GALAXY, Grand Junction, CO, April 17, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2015, 12:32 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Grand Junction Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 9JLA
- Location: 39.1215° N, 108.5255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND JUNCTION RGNL (GJT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1215&lon=-108.5255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415PR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415PR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries GALAXY (registry code 4500307, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-galaxy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES GALAXY
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,177 total, 2,157 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150417008349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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