Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 APR 1990 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Type: | Learjet 35 |
| Operator: | Flight International |
| Registration: | N51FN |
| C/n / msn: | 35-059 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA (CLD) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA (CLD/KCRQ), United States of America |
| Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA (CLD/KCRQ), United States of America |
Lost control following engine failure between V1 and VR. The left wing struck runway 24, followed by the right wing. The Learjet landed back heavily, tearing off the gear. Flight for US Navy.
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Distance from Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA to Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA to Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
