# Incident 19800417044659I: Lear 23LEAR, St Louis, MO, April 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1980, 16:19 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N866JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N866JS-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 23 (registry code 5170102, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 23LEAR
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 300 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/19800417044659I

## Narrative

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

AC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER DIFFICULTY.

## Other reports on N866JS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800506011639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800506011639A), May 6, 1980: Lear 23LEAR (N866JS), Richmond, VA, Destroyed. Improper level-off, low speed, nose high. Started wing roll, stall & roll-over. Crashed inverted. Pilot fatigue.

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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