# Incident 19971024046649I: Lear 31, Crystal River, FL, October 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1997, 10:50 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Homosassa Air Terminal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8955° N, 82.6019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crystal River, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8955&lon=-82.6019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N337FP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N337FP-2007-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 31 (registry code 5170530, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 31
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE73123B
- Pilot flight hours: 14,100 total, 105 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024046649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 24, 1997, AT 1050 EDT, A LEAR JET 31, N337FP, OWNED BY THE FLORIDA POWER COMPANY, AND PILOTED BY FIRST OFFICER JAMES D. JONES, SCRAPED THE LEFT WINGTIP ON THE SURFACE DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND DURING RECOVERY THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGTIPS. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ST. PETERSBURG AIRPORT, NEAR ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA ON OCTOBER 24, 1997, AT 1010 EDT. THE FLYING PILOT, MR. JAMES D. JONES, HOLDS ON AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 549701966. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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