Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 06 MAY 1982 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: | Learjet 23 |
| Operator: | IBEX Corp. |
| Registration: | N100TA |
| C/n / msn: | 23-045 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CJ610-4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) off Savannah, GA (Atlantic Ocean) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Teterboro Airport, NJ (TEB/KTEB), United States of America |
| Orlando International Airport, FL (MCO/KMCO), United States of America |
The Learjet entered an uncontrolled descent for undetermined reasons while descending from FL410 to FL390. The aircraft was en route Orlando-Teterboro.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An uncontrolled descent from cruise altitude for undetermined reasons, from which a recovery was not or could not be effected." Events:
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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 Teterboro Airport, NJ to Orlando International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1520 km (950 miles).
Distance from Teterboro Airport, NJ to Orlando International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1520 km (950 miles).
