# Incident 19900410021059I: Lear 35A, Carrollton, GA, April 10, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1990, 16:45 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Airport: West Georgia Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5818° N, 85.0833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5818&lon=-85.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N496SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900410021059I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED DAMAGING HAIL ON DESCENT. RADAR FAILED EN ROUTE AND WAS BEING VECTORED BY ATC.

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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