# Accident 19880108000359A: Lear 36A, Monroe, LA, January 8, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1988, 05:19 local time
- Place: Monroe, LA
- Airport: Monroe Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ESPA
- Location: 32.5106° N, 92.0361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE RGNL (MLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-92.0361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79SF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79SF-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 36A (registry code 5170603, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 36A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE73122B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88MA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88MA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880108000359A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN ON A ILS NIGHT APPROACH. HIGH SPEED AND HIGH DESCENT RATE. HAD NOSE UP AND WING DOWN ATITUDE.

## 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 FTW88MA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88MA047), Jan 8, 1988: Gates Learjet 36A (N79SF), Monroe, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N79SF (1)

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

- [Incident 19880103006329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880103006329I), Jan 3, 1988: Lear 36A (N79SF), Honolulu, HI. Total fuel exhaustion due to headwinds. Executed dead stick landing on runway. Flight was non stop from California.

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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