# Incident 19891114059699I: Lear 35LEAR, Franklin, VA, November 14, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1989, 18:36 local time
- Place: Franklin, VA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6840° N, 76.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6840&lon=-76.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31FN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35LEAR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891114059699I

## Narrative

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

ALTITUDE HOLD FUNCTION OF AUTOPILOT FAILED. PILOT CLIMBED ABOVE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE BEFORE PILOT STOPPED CLIMB.

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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