# Accident 19781211044889A: Lear 35LEAR, IA, December 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1978
- Place: IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Aircraft: N20BG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20BG-1981-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 35 (registry code 5170600, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35LEAR
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,070 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781211044889A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MKC79FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA008), Dec 11, 1978: Lear Jet 35 (N20BG), Muscatine, IA, 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.

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