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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gates Learjet 55 · BH · August 26, 2016

Date
August 26, 2016 · 14:00 local
Place
BH
Airport
North Eluthera
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
8ACA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N666TK
Reported as
Gates Learjet 55
Reported engine
Garrett TFE-731 series
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot

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.

Upon takeoff roll pilot reported bumpy runway after V1, call hit uneven surface, aircraft bounced and airspeed dropped below V1 and crew decided to abort takeoff. Power idle, maxbraking and deployed thrust reversers. Aircraft exited end of runway. After stopping crew and passengers exited aircraft. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

UPON TAKEOFF ROLL PILOT REPORTED BUMPY RUNWAY AFTER V1, CALL HIT UNEVEN SURFACE, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND AIRSPEED DROPPED BELOW V1 AND CREW DECIDED TO ABORT TAKEOFF. POWER IDLE, MAXBRAKING AND DEPLOYED THRUST REVERSERS. AIRCRAFT EXITED END OF RUNWAY. AFTER STOPPING CREW AND PASSENGERS EXITED AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES.