# Incident 20170207001629I: Gates Lear Jet 35, Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 7, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2017, 00:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: O2JA
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444WB-2021-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 35 (registry code 5170600, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEAR JET 35
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TFE731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,310 total, 1,420 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170207001629I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/07/2017 DURING INITIAL CLIMB OUT FROM FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE), THE CREW OF LEARJET 35, REGISTRATION N444WB, S/N 105 RECEIVED A "LT FUEL COMPUTER" ANNUNCIATOR FOLLOWED BY A "LOW OIL PRESSURE" LIGHT, THEN LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO ROLL BACK. PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT AND PIC DECLARED EMERGENCY. PIC TRIMMED AIRCRAFT, CONFIRMED UNDER MAX LANDING WEIGHT AND LANDED SAFELY AT FXE. TROUBLESHOOTING OF PROBLEM REVEALED FAULTY LEFT FUEL CONTROL UNIT. REPLACED FUEL CONTROL UNIT, AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL GROUND RUN AND LEAK CHECK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE, SDR COMPLETED BY CERTIFICATE HOLDER.

## Other reports on N444WB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20091219053749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091219053749I), Dec 19, 2009: Gates Lear 35 (N444WB), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. On December 19, 2009, Learjet 35A, N444WB, took off from montreal Canada and had a nose landing gear unsafe light. The crew did a fly by the ATCT and was…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.