# Accident 19851022076929A: Lear 24D, Juneau, AK, October 22, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1985, 20:43 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: Juneau International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ERAA
- Location: 58.2960° N, 135.3421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.2960&lon=-135.3421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24D
- Reported engine: GE CJ6106
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 5,578 total, 547 in this make and model, 231 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA86MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86MA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851022076929A

## Narrative

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

RELYING SOLELY ON THE INCORRECTLY TUNED DME FOR DISTANCE RESULTED IN AN EARLY DESCENT AND IMPACT WITH MOUNTAINSIDE.

## 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 SEA86MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86MA018), Oct 23, 1985: Gates Learjet 24D (N456JA), Juneau, AK, destroyed, 4 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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