# Accident 19830920050239A: Lear 35A, Massena, NY, September 20, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1983, 08:00 local time
- Place: Massena, NY
- Airport: Richards
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9195° N, 74.8905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9195&lon=-74.8905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N780A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,365 total, 890 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830920050239A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG AND DOWNWIND. DEPLOYED THRUST REVERSERS TOO LATE. OVERRAN RUNWAY. ROUGH GROUND SEVERED NOSE GEAR.

## 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 NYC83FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA249), Sep 20, 1983: Gates Learjet 35A (N780A), Massena, NY, 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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