Loss of control Accident Learjet 35A N100EP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326776
 

Date:Tuesday 12 May 1987
Time:10:57
Type:Silhouette image of generic LJ35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Learjet 35A
Owner/operator:Corporate Jets
Registration: N100EP
MSN: 35A-150
Year of manufacture:1978
Total airframe hrs:4203 hours
Engine model:Garrett TFE731-2-2B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:West Mifflin, PA -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, PA (AGC/KAGC)
Destination airport:Teterboro Airport, NJ (TEB/KTEB)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Prof check flight with a simulated single engine power loss on takeoff. It climbed only about 50 feet. The nose pitched up and the plane went in a steep bank attitude, descended and crashed in wooded terrain in a right wing down, nose high attitude.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
raising of flaps..premature..copilot/second pilot
airspeed..inadequate
stall..inadvertent
supervision..inadequate..pilot in command(cfi)

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: DCA87MA031
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 6 months
Download report: Final report

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