# Incident 19870112027759I: Lear 23LEAR, St Louis, MO, January 12, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1987, 11:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N806LJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N806LJ-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 23 (registry code 5170102, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-5&6 (registry code 30013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-5-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 23LEAR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870112027759I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER SMOKE IN COCKPIT.  FOUND OVERHEATED DME UNIT.

## Other reports on N806LJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19851207068889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851207068889I), Dec 7, 1985: Lear 23LEAR (N806LJ), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Departed side of runway after attempting to correct veer with nose wheel steering. No mechanical failures.

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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