33.5818° N, 85.0833° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, GA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 10, 1990 · 16:45 local
Place
Carrollton, GA
Airport
West Georgia Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N496SW
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total2,100 in this make and model150 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.
Aircraft encountered damaging hail on descent. Radar failed en route and was being vectored by ATC.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED DAMAGING HAIL ON DESCENT. RADAR FAILED EN ROUTE AND WAS BEING VECTORED BY ATC.