61.2181° N, 149.9003° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 4, 1979 · 07:45 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ERA
Aircraft
N455JA
Reported as
Lear 24D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,239 total468 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.
Unsafe nose gear indication after retraction and nose wheel was sideways. Landed safely.
As the FAA filed it
UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION AFTER RETRACTION AND NOSE WHEEL WAS SIDEWAYS. LANDED SAFELY.