- Date
- April 21, 1979
- Place
- Rogers, AR · ROGERS, AR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7735ALear Jet 35A
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790421009709A
- Case key
- 135530
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2595 79/4/21 ROGERS,AR LEAR JET 35A CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 6376 TIME - 1200 N7735A PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROGERS MUN-CARTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHICAGO,IL PHOENIX,AZ ROGERS,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7735A
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rogers Mun-Carter
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.