# Accident 19730925042139A: Lear 25, Lincoln, NE, September 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1973
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.8509° N, 96.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8509&lon=-96.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40LB-1974-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 25 (registry code 5170506, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,690 total, 715 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730925042139A

## Narrative

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

PLT RATED IN MODEL PREVIOUS DAY.

## 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 MKC74AK012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK012), Sep 25, 1973: Gates Lear 25 (N40LB), Lincoln, NE, destroyed, 3 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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