Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 28 JUL 1984 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: | Learjet 25B |
| Operator: | Panorama Flight Service |
| Registration: | N1JR |
| C/n / msn: | 25-188 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3168 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME (WVL) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME (WVL), United States of America |
| White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN), United States of America |
Pitot tube covers not removed before departure. Takeoff was aborted after a stall warning and the aircraft overran by 100 feet and down a rough embankment which separated the landing gear.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
aircraft preflight..inadequate..pilot in command
remedial action..delayed..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
terrain condition..downhill
terrain condition..rough/uneven
airspeed indicator..disregarded..pilot in command Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
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 Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME to White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY as the crow flies is 503 km (314 miles).
Distance from Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME to White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY as the crow flies is 503 km (314 miles).
