FLC OF A LTT BUSINESS JET LOST CTL OF THE ACFT DURING TKOF ROLL RESULTING IN THE ACFT GOING OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY CAUSING DAMAGE TO ONE WHEEL AND TIRE.

1995-12 · NASA ASRS report 323771

Date: 1995-12 · Aircraft: Learjet 55 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|other-runway-or-taxiway-excursion|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLC OF A LTT BUSINESS JET LOST CTL OF THE ACFT DURING TKOF ROLL RESULTING IN THE ACFT GOING OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY CAUSING DAMAGE TO ONE WHEEL AND TIRE.

Narrative

WE TAXIED TO DEP END OF RWY 35 AT PHL WHERE WE HELD CLR OF THE RWY WHILE A TWIN LANDED ON RWY 35; SHORTLY AFTER A B747 LANDED ON RWY 27R. AS SOON AS THIS ACFT CLRED OUR RWY WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. WE COMPLETED THE TKOF CHKLIST AND TAXIED INTO POS; WHERE THE CAPT ADVANCED THE PWR LEVERS AND ASKED THAT I SET PWR. I SET TKOF PWR AND ADVISED THE CAPT. NEXT I MONITORED ALL COCKPIT INSTS AND ANNUNCIATORS; I THEN CALLED OUT AIRSPD ALIVE AND THE CAPT ACKNOWLEDGED. VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER I WITNESSED A ROUGH RIDE AND SOME UNUSUAL NOISE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME I REALIZED WE WERE OFF THE RWY AND THE CAPT ABORTED THE TKOF. THE ACFT CAME TO A REST ABOUT 20 FT OFF THE L SIDE OF RWY 35 AND 900-1000 FT DOWN THE RWY. I BELIEVE WE EITHER HAD A STEERING PROB OR THE WINGTIP VORTICES OF THE INTERSECTING LNDG ACFT CAUSED THIS ACFT TO DEPART THE RWY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL PROB WITH THE NOSE GEAR STEERING OR ANY OTHER MALFUNCTION. THE ACFT; LEAR JET 55; RECEIVED DAMAGE TO A WHEEL AND TIRE WHEN GOING OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY. THE FLC STILL BELIEVES THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE R WING VORTEX AS IT PASSED OVER THE INTERSECTING RWYS AND SETTLED DOWN ON THE DIRECT FLT PATH OF THEIR ACFT AS IT MADE THE TKOF ROLL. HOWEVER; THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS THEIR FAULT AND IS NOTED IN THEIR PLT RECORDS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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