# Incident 19971112038379I: Lear 36LEAR, Buffalo, NY, November 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1997, 22:23 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CCAA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44EV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 36LEAR
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 280 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971112038379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1997, AT 2223 EST, A LEAR 36 AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY CHESTER COUNTY AVIATION, INC., DIVERTED TO BUFFALO, NY ON A FLIGHT FROM BOSTON, MA TO CHICAGO, IL WHEN THE FIRST OFFICER COMPLAINED OF ILLNESS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT BUFFALO AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NO PERSON WAS INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BOSTON, MA ON 11/12/97 AT 2100 HOURS. 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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