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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 23LEAR · Chicago, IL · March 5, 1979

Date
March 5, 1979 · 08:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Midway
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N500BF
Reported as
Lear 23LEAR
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total5,000 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.

During crosswind landing tip tank contacted ground after ice broke off opposite wing.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CROSSWIND LANDING TIP TANK CONTACTED GROUND AFTER ICE BROKE OFF OPPOSITE WING.