37.2847° N, 120.5140° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 27, 1989 · 04:00 local
Place
Merced, CA
Airport
Merced Municipal/Mac Ready
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N170EV
Reported as
Lear 25B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total300 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Left wing hit runway sign on landing rollout. Veered left off runway.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT WING HIT RUNWAY SIGN ON LANDING ROLLOUT. VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY.