# Incident 20090316002239I: Lear 35A, Hot Springs, AR, March 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2009, 10:12 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ETSA
- Location: 34.5037° N, 93.0552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hot Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5037&lon=-93.0552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298NW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090316002239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 16, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1012 CDT, N298NW, A LEAR 35A, WAS OPERATING A FAR135 LIFEGUARD FLIGHT AT AN ALTITUDE OF  40,000 FEET.  THE CREW REPORTED THE LOSS OF THE AUTOPILOT AND UTILIZATION OF THE STANDBY ALTIMETER.  THEY ADDED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS IN THE RSVM AIRSPACE AND REQUESTED A DESCENT.  ATC ISSUED A CLEARANCE TO 37,000 FEET AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  DURING THE DESCENT THE AIR TRAFFIC SEPARATION WAS LOST; A CLOSURE OF 3.8 NM AND 400 FOOT OCCURRED.  THE CREWMEMBERS AND THREE PASSENGERS (ONE PATIENT AND TWO MEDICAL PERSONNEL) EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.  POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT OF THE AUTOPILOT PITCH CONTROL CARD.

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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