# Accident 19791202040789A: Lear 24, Dutch Harbor, AK, December 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1979
- Place: Dutch Harbor, AK
- Airport: Dutch Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 53.8898° N, 166.5422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dutch Harbor, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.8898&lon=-166.5422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,756 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791202040789A

## Narrative

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

SLOWED BY RUTTED, SLUSHY AREA ON TAKEOFF. VEERED INTO ROCKS ON EDGE OF RUNWAY. AIRPORT NOTAMED CLOSED.MANAGER OKED.

## 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 ANC80FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA016), Dec 2, 1979: Lear Jet 24 (N300JA), Dutch Harbor, AK, destroyed

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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