# NTSB DCA79AA007: Lear Jet 25D, N137GL, Detroit, MI, January 19, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1979
- Place: Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1980
- NTSB case key (mKey): 144096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA79AA007
- Board report AAR8004 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8004.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA79AA007

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4022  79/1/19    DETROIT,MI          LEAR JET 25D        CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1934                    N137GL              PX-  4  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 36, 7171 TOTAL HOURS, 550
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WAYNE COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          DES MOINES,IA               TORONTO,CANADA               DETROIT,MI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT'S LOSS OF CTL MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ANY COMB OF WAKE TURBC,PREMATURE STALL,OR DELAYED PWR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N137GL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N137GL-1997-09-15), registration cancelled 1997-09-15, S/N 237 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR JET 25D
- Registry model: [Gates Learjet 25D](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-25d) (registry code 5170514) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Wayne County

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790119044289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790119044289A), Jan 19, 1979: Lear 25D, Romulus, MI, Destroyed, 4 fatal. During landing aircraft observed rolling from one wing to another. Wing tank touched and airplane cart-wheeled.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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