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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Fort Myers, FL · April 5, 1985

Date
April 5, 1985 · 15:10 local
Place
Fort Myers, FL
Airport
Page
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALFA
Aircraft
N482SG
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total150 in this make and model180 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; 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.

During climb crew noted fuel dripping from wing. Landed without incident. Damaged float valve in tip tank.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMB CREW NOTED FUEL DRIPPING FROM WING. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DAMAGED FLOAT VALVE IN TIP TANK.