Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 FEB 2002 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: | Learjet C-21A |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 84-0097 |
| C/n / msn: | 35-543 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD (RCA) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD (RCA), United States of America |
| Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD (RCA), United States of America |
The USAF Learjet crew was practicing touch-and-goes on Ellsworth AFB (RCA) runway 31. After one of these touch-and-goes, a sharp turn to the left was made. The left bank increased until the aircraft overturned and crashed.
Sources:
» US Department of Defense
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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Distance from Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD to Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD to Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD 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.
