NYC79IA075

NTSB incident investigation · Lear Jet 35 · Newark, NJ · August 13, 1979

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 13, 1979
Place
Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N35NBLear Jet 35
Status
Completed · report March 26, 1980
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
133864

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0029  79/8/13    NEWARK,NJ           LEAR JET 35         CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1311                    N35NB               PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            62, 30000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            10000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          HOUSTON,TX                  RETURN                       NEWARK,NJ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STICKING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
           PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
        REMARKS- BTRY RELAY,PN 6041H202.CURRENT LMTR NOT GND CKD BFR TKOF.FLT MAN CHGB BY AD 80-06-02,3/14/80.

Aircraft

Registration
N35NB
Reported as
Lear Jet 35
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Newark Intl

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.