# Incident 20160422006269I: Learjet LR-35, New Castle, DE, April 22, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2016, 02:00 local time
- Place: New Castle, DE
- Airport: New Castle County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 2NEA
- Location: 39.6787° N, 75.6066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE (ILG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6787&lon=-75.6066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353CK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET LR-35
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 110 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160422006269I

## Narrative

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

ROC ADVISED THAT A LEARJET, (N353CK), DURING LANDING AT WILMINGTON AIRPORT IN DELAWARE (KILG), HAD CONTROLLABILITY PROBLEMS. UPON ENTERING TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RWY 27 AT KILG, THE PIC NOTED AIRCRAFT REQUIRED ASYMMETRICAL CONTROL INPUT TO HOLD AIRCRAFT LEVEL. PIC STATED WHEN FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR WERE EXTENDED THE PROBLEM INTENSIFIED AND THE PIC ELECTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. FOR THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE FLIGHT CREW USED A NO FLAP CONFIGURATION. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PIC SAID FULL AILERON, (LEFT), WAS REQUIRED AND THE RIGHT TIP TANK STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

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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