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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gates Lear Jet 35 · Englewood, CO · August 22, 2022

Date
August 22, 2022 · 13:35 local
Place
Englewood, CO
Airport
Centennial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
YHPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N135AJ
Reported as
Gates Lear Jet 35
Reported engine
Garrett TFE731-2-2B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,015 total525 in this make and model201 in the last 90 days

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.

On 8/22/2022 @ kapa, at approximately 13:35 local, privacy data omitted a LR-35 aircraft attempted to land on rwy 17L. This was a CFR135 flight with four persons on board, two pilots and two passengers. Review of the airport video footage shows on initial approach and touchdown, the aircraft was late to flare, landing hard on the main landing gear on centerline. The aircraft then bounced once, landing on right main gear, in a right wing low, nose high attitude. As the aircraft traveled right of centerline towards the grass the low wing condition was corrected but still nose high attitude. The runway and aircraft aft fuselage showed signs of contact (scrapping).

The aircraft continued off the runway surface into the grass until it encountered a perpendicular taxiway causing it to go airborne briefly. While airborne, the aircraft yaws left in a left wing low, nose high attitude back towards the runway. The left wing tip tank impacts the ground. After the ground impact, the aircraft settles on both mains and nose gear in the direction of the runway. Aircraft exits the grass on to the runway. Entire sequence of events takes 23 seconds.

As the FAA filed it

ON 8/22/2022 @ KAPA, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:35 LOCAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A LR-35 AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RWY 17L. THIS WAS A CFR135 FLIGHT WITH FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, TWO PILOTS AND TWO PASSENGERS. REVIEW OF THE AIRPORT VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS ON INITIAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATE TO FLARE, LANDING HARD ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ON CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED ONCE, LANDING ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR, IN A RIGHT WING LOW, NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. AS THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED RIGHT OF CENTERLINE TOWARDS THE GRASS THE LOW WING CONDITION WAS CORRECTED BUT STILL NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT AFT FUSELAGE SHOWED SIGNS OF CONTACT (SCRAPPING).

THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE INTO THE GRASS UNTIL IT ENCOUNTERED A PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY CAUSING IT TO GO AIRBORNE BRIEFLY. WHILE AIRBORNE, THE AIRCRAFT YAWS LEFT IN A LEFT WING LOW, NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE BACK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING TIP TANK IMPACTS THE GROUND. AFTER THE GROUND IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLES ON BOTH MAINS AND NOSE GEAR IN THE DIRECTION OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT EXITS THE GRASS ON TO THE RUNWAY. ENTIRE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS TAKES 23 SECONDS.