# Accident 19730226007849A: Lear 24C, Atlanta, GA, February 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1973
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454RN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N454RN-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 24 (registry code 5170302, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73AM087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730226007849A

## Narrative

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

LOST ENG THRUST DUE COWBIRD INGESTION.FAA & ARPT AUTHORITY AWARE OF BIRD HAZARD,NOT REMOVED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA73AM087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM087), Feb 26, 1973: Gates Lear 24 (N454RN), Atlanta, GA, destroyed, 7 fatal

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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