Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 06 NOV 1982 |
| Time: | 09:10 |
| Type: | Learjet 24D |
| Operator: | Duncan Aviation |
| Registration: | N13MJ |
| C/n / msn: | 24-314 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2415 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CJ610 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Elizabeth City, NC (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Elizabeth City Airport, NC (ECG), United States of America |
| Elizabeth City Airport, NC (ECG), United States of America |
Learjets N13MJ (lead) and N47MJ (chase) were at FL140 on a target towing operation. N47MJ struck and jammed the tail of the lead aircraft while backing away. N13MJ struck the ground short of the runway, bounced and veered off the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
aircraft handling..improper..pilot of other aircraft
clearance..not maintained..pilot of other aircraft
horizontal stabilizer surface..distorted
flight control,elevator..jammed
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
lack of total experience in type operation..pilot of other aircraft Sources:
» NTSB
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Distance from Elizabeth City Airport, NC to Elizabeth City Airport, NC as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Elizabeth City Airport, NC to Elizabeth City Airport, NC as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
