# Incident 20151227021589I: Learjet Inc 31A, Boise, ID, December 27, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2015, 09:25 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Gowen Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VQMA
- Location: 43.6135° N, 116.2035° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boise, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6135&lon=-116.2035&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31KH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31KH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 31A (registry code 5170531, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Alliedsign TFE731 series (registry code 02509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 31A
- Reported engine: ALLIEDSIGN TFE 731-2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151227021589I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KSUN WITH AN INTENDED FERRY FLIGHT TO KBJC TO ADDRESS A MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE L/H AND R/H SIDE.

UPON DEPARTURE, FLIGHT CREW SELECTED GEAR UP. A NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS OBSERVED.

FLIGHT CREW CYCLED GEAR AND NOTED A RUBBING SOUND FROM NOSE GEAR WHEN NOSE GEAR RETRACTED INTO WHEEL WELL.

FLIGHT CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND DIVERTED TO KBOI FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.

FLIGHT CREW EXECUTED A LOW APPROACH TO ENABLE KBOI TOWER CONTROLLERS TO OBSERVE  AND CONFIRM THAT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN.

KBOI TOWER CONTROLLER REPORTED TO FLIGHT CREW THAT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN BUT NOSE WHEEL WAS PERPENDICULAR TO AIRCRAFT LONGITUDINAL AXIS.

FLIGHT CREW THEN REPORTED TO KBOI THAT THEY WOULD BE DECLARING A EMERGENCY LANDING.

FLIGHT CREW HELD SOUTH OF AIRPORT TO BURN FUEL AND PREPARE FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING.

FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING ON 10L.

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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