# Incident 19781126024499I: Lear 25B, New Orleans, LA, November 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1978, 10:38 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25TA-1980-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- Reported engine: GE CJ6106
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781126024499I

## Narrative

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

WHEN CROSSING THRESHOLD PILOT HEARD THUMP AS BIRDS CROSSED PATH. BIRD STRIKE TO CRAFT.

## Other reports on N25TA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800411026429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800411026429A), Apr 11, 1980: Lear 25B (N25TA), Conlon, TX, Destroyed. Investigation indicates possible runway pitch trim. Spoilers were deployed. Would aggrevate full nose down trim.

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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