Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 15 DEC 1972 |
| Time: | 11:46 |
| Type: | Learjet 23 |
| Operator: | Zantop International Airlines |
| Registration: | N20M |
| C/n / msn: | 23-094 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), United States of America |
| Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY (LEX/KLEX), United States of America |
Ferry flight to Lexington, KY. Hit fuel storage tank when it failed to climb after takeoff from runway 03R.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined." Sources:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI to Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY as the crow flies is 473 km (296 miles).
Distance from Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI to Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY as the crow flies is 473 km (296 miles).
