# Incident 20191127024019I: Gates Lear Jet Corp. 36, Newport, OR, November 27, 2019 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 27, 2019, 12:08 local time - Place: Newport, OR - Airport: Newport Municipal - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: CMWA - Location: 44.5804° N, 124.0579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT MUNI (ONP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5804&lon=-124.0579&mi=10 - Aircraft: N361PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N361PJ) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 36 (registry code 5170601, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-36) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: GATES LEAR JET CORP. 36 - Reported engine: GARRETT TFE731 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 24,400 total - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191127024019I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. N361PJ WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB TO ASSIGNED ALTITUDE (FL390). THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY ATC TO BE DESCENDING THROUGH FL380 AND FURTHER DESCENDED TO FL370. N361PJ IS A MODIFIED LEARJET MODEL 36. THE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE AVCON INDUSTRIES SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATES (STC) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THESE MODIFICATIONS, AND OTHERS, ALLOW THE OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT INCREASED TAKEOFF WEIGHTS TO 19,600 POUNDS. THE AVCON STC DOES NOT INCLUDE PERFORMANCE DATA FOR TWO ENGINE CLIMB PERFORMANCE AT THE HIGHER GROSS WEIGHTS. EXTRAPOLATED DATA FROM THE APPROVED FLIGHT MANUAL INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD BE ABLE TO CLIMB TO FL390 UNDER ISA CONDITIONS AT 19,000 POUNDS. AT ISA+10°, THE AIRCRAFT WOULD CLIMB TO FL370. IF THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 10°C ABOVE STANDARD, STANDARD, THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AS PREDICTED. OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AT HIGHER GROSS WEIGHTS DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER THAN STANDARD TEMPERATURES SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES CLIMB PERFORMANCE. ## Other reports on N361PJ (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20130528008879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130528008879I), May 28, 2013: Gates Lear Jet Corp. 36 (N361PJ), Hillsboro, OR, Minor damage. After takeoff the gear was cycled to the up postion. It was noted that the nose gear had an unsafe indication. The crew then flew past the tower to comfirm… - [Incident 20100103025669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100103025669I), Jan 3, 2010: Gates Lear 36 (N361PJ), Hillsboro, OR, Minor damage. During climb out with landing gear retracting pilot felt/heard "thump". Landing gear was extended with 3 green indications. Fly-by control tower visually… - [Incident 20090902049009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090902049009I), Sep 2, 2009: Gates Lear 36 (N361PJ), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Lear 36, N361PJ, a medevac flight, arrived at anc at 1047L time. Engines were shut down at 1050L. Aircraft was fueled, aprox. 613 gl. Of fuel were uploaded.… 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.