ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332532
Date: | Thursday 21 October 1965 |
Time: | 19:35 |
Type: | Learjet 23 |
Owner/operator: | Lear Jet Corp. |
Registration: | N804LJ |
MSN: | 23-015 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 13 km ENE of Jackson, MI -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) |
Destination airport: | Wichita (unknown airport), KS |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Learjet 23 was operated by the Lear Jet Corporation to transport a company official from Wichita, Kansas to Detroit, Michigan, USA. The company official remained in Detroit.
Following a weather briefing, the crew filed an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan for the return trip to Wichita. They estimated a time en route of 2:40 hours with 3:30 hours of fuel on board, and requested a cruising altitude of Flight Level (FL) 410.
N804LJ departed on runway 03L at 19:25. At 1931 the flight reported level at FL 250. At 19:32 they were assigned a new frequency for communications with Cleveland ARTCC. The acknowledgement of the new frequency was the last transmission received from
N804LJ.
The aircraft entered a steep descent out of FL250 and impacted the ground near Jackson, Michigan.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A loss of adequate attitude reference resulting from AC electrical power failure under night, turbulent conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | CHI66A0041 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB-AAR-67-AB
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photo (c) D.Kochi
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