# Incident 19970506016499I: Lear 35A, St Louis, MO, May 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1997, 13:27 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DELA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35WH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970506016499I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE LEAR 35, OPERATING UNDER FAR 135, DEPARTED SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN, PROPOSED DESTINATION WAS GOSHEN, IND. AT APPROXIMATELY 11,000 THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF AND MADE AN ABRUPT TURN TOWARD LAMBERT AIRPORT (STL) AND BEGAN QUICKLY DESCENDING. THE PILOT NOTICED THE RED DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, PROCEEDED UNDER ATC DIRECTIONS TO LAND ON RWY 24. MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 14,300; THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT A WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 16,000. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT TAXIED CLEAR OF RWY 24, OPENED AND RECLOSED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, AFTER FINDING THE MOTOR DRIVEN LATCH HOOK PARTIALLY DRAWN TO LATCHED POSITION. THE CAPTAIN NOTED NO DISCREPANCIES IN THE DOOR OPERATION. THE CREW WITH 7 PASSENGERS ON BOARD TOOK OFF AND CONTINUED THE 135 IFR FLIGHT TO GSH. THE CREW DID NOT CONTACT THE COMPANY OR HAVE AN OVER WEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED. THIS REPORT CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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