# Incident 20230315002779I: Gates Lear Jet 36A, Houston, TX, March 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2023, 20:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: George Bush Intercontinental/H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W30A
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41GJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41GJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 36A (registry code 5170603, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE731-2C (registry code 33834, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe731-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEAR JET 36A
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE731-2C
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230315002779I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BANGOR, ME KBGR ENROUTE TO KHOU HOUSTON HOBBY ON 135 MEDEVAC FLIGHT. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, CREW NOTICED “BUMP”, LEFT ANTI-SKID LIGHTS RIGHT AFTER V1 WAS CALLED. THE CREW CONTINUED ROTATION AND CONTINUED FLIGHT WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE ISSUE.  ONCE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ATC NOTIFIED FLIGHT CREW OF REPORT GIVEN BY BGR TOWER OF TIRE REMAINS ON THE RUNWAY. ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OR BOTH MAIN TIRES WERE POPPED, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RAN THE PROPER CHECKLISTS AND COMMUNICATED WITH CREW AND OPS ON GROUND VIA SAT PHONE. THE FLIGHT CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT TO KIAH FOR USE OF LONGER RUNWAYS AND ABUNDANT EMERGENCY SERVICES. IN AN EFFORT TO LAND AS SAFELY AND LIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED LOWER ALTITUDES, FREE SPEED, AND DELAYED VECTORS. THE AIRPLANE LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 15R WITH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL STANDING BY. AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF ALL CREW AND PASSENGERS WAS EXECUTED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE LIMITED TO LEFT MAIN GEAR.

OPERATOR DISPATCHED MAINTENANCE CREW TO HOUSTON ON 03/17/2023 TO EVALUATE AND REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED, ANTI-SKID WAS DEFERRED UNDER MEL, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO BROOKSVILLE, FL (BKV).

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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