27.9755° N, 82.5332° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 8, 1990 · 12:18 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
Tampa International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1ED
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total2,350 in this make and model50 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.
Airplane drag chute deployed and separated from aircraft on descent from cruise altitude.
As the FAA filed it
AIRPLANE DRAG CHUTE DEPLOYED AND SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT ON DESCENT FROM CRUISE ALTITUDE.