# Accident 19790421009709A: Lear 35A, Rogers, AR, April 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1979, 12:00 local time
- Place: Rogers, AR
- Airport: Rogers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3320° N, 94.1185° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rogers, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3320&lon=-94.1185&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7735A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,376 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790421009709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY ON AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH. MADE STEEP TURN, HIT WING ON GROUND.

## 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 FTW79DA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DA074), Apr 21, 1979: Lear Jet 35A (N7735A), Rogers, AR, 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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