Narrative:
While on approach to Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, the crew reported a low fuel situation, and requested priority handling. During landing, the airplane touched down about mid-point on the 6,001-foot runway 08. Due to a complete loss of brakes and the failure of the emergency drag-chute to deploy, the Learjet overran the runway by 1,750 feet, crashed through the perimeter fence, crossed a four-lane road and finally stopped when it hit a warehouse building.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot in command's misjudged distance/speed while landing, and the flightcrew's failure to follow prescribed emergency procedures, which resulted in a runway overrun and subsequent collision with a building. Factors associated with the accident are the flightcrew's inadequate in-flight planning/decision making, which resulted in a low fuel condition; an open hydraulic relief valve, and inadequate maintenance by company maintenance personnel. Additional factors were an inoperative (normal) brake system, an unactivated emergency drag chute, the flightcrew's failure to engage the emergency brake system, and pressure placed on the flightcrew due to conditions/events."
» Miami Herald
» NTSB
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 20 February 2004 |
| Time: | 21:57 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25B |
| Operator: | Skylinks Jets |
| Registration: | N24RZ |
| MSN: | 25-159 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4104 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CJ610-8A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), Puerto Rico |
| Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE), United States of America |
While on approach to Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, the crew reported a low fuel situation, and requested priority handling. During landing, the airplane touched down about mid-point on the 6,001-foot runway 08. Due to a complete loss of brakes and the failure of the emergency drag-chute to deploy, the Learjet overran the runway by 1,750 feet, crashed through the perimeter fence, crossed a four-lane road and finally stopped when it hit a warehouse building.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot in command's misjudged distance/speed while landing, and the flightcrew's failure to follow prescribed emergency procedures, which resulted in a runway overrun and subsequent collision with a building. Factors associated with the accident are the flightcrew's inadequate in-flight planning/decision making, which resulted in a low fuel condition; an open hydraulic relief valve, and inadequate maintenance by company maintenance personnel. Additional factors were an inoperative (normal) brake system, an unactivated emergency drag chute, the flightcrew's failure to engage the emergency brake system, and pressure placed on the flightcrew due to conditions/events."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» FAA» Miami Herald
» NTSB
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Distance from San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1682 km (1051 miles).
Distance from San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1682 km (1051 miles).
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