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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 23LEAR · Philadelphia, PA · January 28, 1978

Date
January 28, 1978 · 02:00 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N5BL
Reported as
Lear 23LEAR
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,767 total120 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot taxied through deep snow on departure. Brakes and wheels frozen on landing. Three tires blown.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAXIED THROUGH DEEP SNOW ON DEPARTURE. BRAKES AND WHEELS FROZEN ON LANDING. THREE TIRES BLOWN.