# Accident 19970902025009A: Lear 31, Aberdeen/Amory, MS, September 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1997, 10:20 local time
- Place: Aberdeen/Amory, MS
- Airport: Monroe County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8192° N, 88.5506° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8192&lon=-88.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71JC-2007-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 31 (registry code 5170530, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 31
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE73123B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,947 total, 1,860 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970902025009A

## Narrative

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

HIGH ON LANDING APPROACH. WENT AROUND. BELEIVED GEAR REMAINED DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP. SLID 3000FT AND CAUGHT FIRE. (-23) AIRCRAFT MISSED APPROACH AND ON GO AROUND RETRACTED LANDING GEAR. THEN UPON LANDING NEGLECTED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. THIS RESULTED IN A POST FIRE.

## 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 ATL97LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA131), Sep 2, 1997: Learjet 31 (N71JC), Aberdeen, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: The flightcrew's failure to extend the landing gear.

## Other reports on N71JC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890314016609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890314016609I), Mar 14, 1989: Lear 31 (N71JC), New York, NY. Gear unsafe indication on approach. Landed without incident. High altitude en route froze the gear micro switch.

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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