# Incident 19911001054989I: Lear 23LEAR, Ft Lauderdale, FL, October 1, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1991, 22:02 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ESUA
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5QY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 23LEAR
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 265 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911001054989I

## Narrative

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

ST ELMOS FIRE ON WINDSHIELD. CIRCUIT POPPED. RESET AND LANDED SAFELY. REPLACED CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND TERMINAL ENDS.

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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