# Accident 19961224040119A: Lear 35A, Lebanon, NH, December 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1996, 10:05 local time
- Place: Lebanon, NH
- Airport: Lebanon Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8232° N, 72.0108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8232&lon=-72.0108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N388LS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N388LS-1998-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE73122B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,250 total, 750 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961224040119A

## Narrative

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

BECAME MISSING ON INITUAL VOR APPROACH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC97FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA194), Dec 24, 1996: Learjet 35A (N388LS), Dorchester, NH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The captain's failure to maintain situational awareness, which resulted in the airplane being outside the confines of the instrument approach; and the crew's misinterpretation of a step-down fix…

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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