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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Orlando, FL · April 4, 1983

Date
April 4, 1983 · 22:20 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
IAIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N369XL
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA83IA117
Reported as
Lear 35A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,412 total2,162 in this make and model118 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.

Pilot lost control in a high speed descent. Was able to recover by extending landing gear and using back pressure.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL IN A HIGH SPEED DESCENT. WAS ABLE TO RECOVER BY EXTENDING LANDING GEAR AND USING BACK PRESSURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.