# Incident 19990425020479I: Lear 24D, AK, April 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1999, 06:45 local time
- Place: AK
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N430JW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24D
- Reported engine: GE CJ6106
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425020479I

## Narrative

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

(-5)DURING CLIMB OUT OF FL390, 100 MILES EAST OF ANCHORAGE, AK, THE RIGHT EINGINE ON N430JW COMPRESSOR STALLED AND FAILED. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO DESCEND. THE PILOT INITIALLY REQUESTED LOWER AND WAS ASSIGNED FL350.  THE PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, BUT NOTIFIED THE CONTROLLER THAT HE HAD LOST AN ENGINE AND WAS GOING DOWN.  THE CONTROLLER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR N430JW.  DURING DESCENT IFR SEPARATION WAS LOST BETWEEN N430JW AND AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT SEPARATION WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 4 MILES HORIZONTAL AND 1500 FEET VERTICAL.

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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