19781025028219I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Lear 23LEAR · St Louis, MO · October 25, 1978

Date
October 25, 1978 · 16:39 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3ZA
Reported as
Lear 23LEAR
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,350 total650 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 unable to start second engine tried to do it on a fast taxi run down the runway. Lost control.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO START SECOND ENGINE TRIED TO DO IT ON A FAST TAXI RUN DOWN THE RUNWAY. LOST CONTROL.