# Accident 19830330075779A: Lear 25, Newark, NJ, March 30, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1983, 05:14 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51CA-2014-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 25 (registry code 5170506, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA83AA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830330075779A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON CROSSWIND LANDING DRIFTED DOWNWIND DRAGGED A WING AND CARTWHEELED. PILOTS TESTED POSITIVE MARIJUANA.

## 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 DCA83AA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA023), Mar 30, 1983: Gates Learjet 25 (N51CA), Newark, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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