# Accident 19851212061709A: Lear 35A, College Station, TX, December 12, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1985, 19:21 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: Easterwood
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N723GL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N723GL-1989-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TFE73122B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 20,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW86FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851212061709A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE EXPLODED ON LIFTOFF. AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO RIGHT TEARING OFF RIGHT WING. PIC WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT.

## 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 FTW86FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA025), Dec 13, 1985: Gates Learjet 35A (N723GL), College Station, TX, 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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