Status:	Final
Date:	30 AUG 2002
Time:	13:07 EDT
Type:	Learjet 25C
Operator:	Care Flight International
Registration:	N45CP
C/n / msn:	25-073
First flight:
Total airframe hrs:	7514
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Total:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY (LEX) (United States of America)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Ambulance
Departure airport:	Marco Island Airport, FL (MRK), United States of America
Destination airport:	Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY (LEX/KLEX), United States of America

Narrative:
Learjet N45CP departed Marco Island on an IFR flight to Lexington, where the passenger was to receive medical treatment. Touchdown at Lexington was smooth and the spoiler switch and thrust reverser levers were activated. The "thrust reverser deployed" lights did not come on, so the captain stowed the thrust reverse levers and activated them again with the same result. The captain then released and reapplied the brakes with no effect. The airplane then departed the runway straight ahead, about 70-80 knots. The right wing struck the wooden structure that held the opposite-direction ILS antennas and lighting.The Learjet came to rest on Versailles Road and burst into flames.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's addition of forward thrust during the landing rollout, which resulted in a lack of braking effectiveness and a subsequent runway overrun. A factor was the captain's inability to deploy the thrust reversers for undetermined reasons."

Events:

Sources:
» NTSB