# Accident 19880524029049A: Lear 35A, Teterboro, NJ, May 24, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1988, 03:16 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DELA
- Location: 40.8813° N, 74.1883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8813&lon=-74.1883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500RW-1989-03-22) (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: GARRTT TFE73122B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 8,910 total, 759 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88MA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88MA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880524029049A

## Narrative

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

NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT FROM SHORT LOW LEVEL FLIGHT. NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 ATL88MA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88MA184), May 24, 1988: Learjet 35A (N500RW), West Paterson, NJ, 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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