# Incident 19790104002909I: Lear 35LEAR, Des Moines, IA, January 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N135TX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35LEAR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,500 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/19790104002909I

## Narrative

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

IN FLIGHT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FLUCTUATION NOTED, CAUSED BY LOSS OF FLUID FROM LOOSE HOSE FITTING ON GEAR ACTUATOR.

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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