Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 22 NOV 2001 |
| Time: | 13:05 EDT |
| Type: | Learjet 25B |
| Operator: | Universal Jet Aviation |
| Registration: | N5UJ |
| C/n / msn: | 25-088 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10004 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CJ610-6 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT), United States of America |
| Boca Raton Public Airport, FL (BCT/KBCT), United States of America |
The Learjet attained a very nose high attitude (about 45 degrees) while trying to get airborne. The aircraft barely climbed, veered off runway 28L, crashed and caught fire.
PROBALE CAUSE: "The (undetermined) pilot-at-the-controls' early, and over rotation of the airplane's nose during the takeoff attempt, and his failure to maintain directional control. Also causal, was the captain's inadequate remedial action, both during the takeoff attempt and after the airplane departed the runway." Sources:
» NTSB
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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 Pittsburgh International Airport, PA to Boca Raton Public Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1559 km (974 miles).
Distance from Pittsburgh International Airport, PA to Boca Raton Public Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1559 km (974 miles).
