# Incident 19990316016089I: Lear 25B, Naples, FL, March 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1999, 19:41 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731CW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- Reported engine: GE CJ6108
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990316016089I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 16, 1999, NAPLES CONTROL TOWER ISSUED AN INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE CLEARANCE TO N731CW TO CLIMB AND MAINTAIN ONE ZERO THOUSAND (10,000) FEET AND TURN RIGHT HEADING 360 DEGREES. AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 32 THE CONTROLLER (JOSEPH WENDRICKS) OBSERVED VISUALLY, AND ON RADAR, AIRCRAFT N731CW CLIMB ON RUNWAY HEADING TO 1,000 FEET AND THEN START A RAPID DESCENT DOWN TO 400 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TURNING ON COURSE OVER THE CONDOMINIOMS AND SHORELINE. THE CONTROLLER CONTACTED FT. MYERS APPROACH TO CONFIRM THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING AND THEY CONFIRMED IT WAS.

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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