# Accident 19781105039769A: Lear 25C, Lafayette, LA, November 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1978
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regnl
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N336WR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25C
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,355 total, 6,732 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781105039769A

## Narrative

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

PLT STATED ACFT DESCENDED BELOW VASI 3 TIMES DURING APPROACH.

## 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 FTW79FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA010), Nov 5, 1978: Lear Jet 25B (N336WR), Lafayette, LA, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.