# Incident 20040321006979I: Lear 35A, Indianapolis, IN, March 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2004, 16:00 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CVGA
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N135DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135DA-2013-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,945 total, 716 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321006979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM CVG WITH CREW ONLY TO PICKUP PASSENGERS. CABIN ALTITUDE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT FL370. CABIN RATE WAS OVER 2000 FPM. CABIN ALTITUDE REACHED 10,000'. SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE GONE TO EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION AT 9500' CABIN ALTITUDE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N135DA (1)

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

- [Incident 20070215004629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070215004629I), Feb 15, 2007: Lear 35A (N135DA), Albany, NY. (-23) On 02/15/2007, during repositioning flight from kpwm to kcvg, flight crew noticed smoke radiate in the area of the left side tray table in the cabin.…

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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