Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Wednesday 17 October 2007 |
Time: | 10:10 |
Type: | Learjet 35A |
Operator: | JaGee Ventures |
Registration: | N31MC |
MSN: | 35A-270 |
First flight: | 1979 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5565 |
Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Goodland-Renner Field, KS (GLD) ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Fort Worth-Meacham Field, TX (FTW/KFTW), United States of America |
Destination airport: | Goodland-Renner Field, KS (GLD/KGLD), United States of America |
Narrative:According to the pilot of Learjet N31MC, the airplane exited instrument conditions at 250 feet above ground level on approach to runway 30 at Renner Field (GLD, 5,499 feet by 100 feet, concrete), slightly left of the runway centerline. The pilot not flying took control of the airplane and adjusted the course to the right. The airplane rolled hard to the right and when the pilot corrected to the left, the airplane rolled hard to the left. The airplane impacted the ground in a right wing low attitude and came to rest on the west side of the runway, between the runway and a taxiway. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left outboard wing section separated approximately 3 feet from the wing tip tank.
Further examination and testing revealed anomalies with the yaw damper and spoileron computer.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing"
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 2 months | Accident number: | DEN08LA013 | Download report: | Summary report
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Classification:
Loss of control
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
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Distance from Fort Worth-Meacham Field, TX to Goodland-Renner Field, KS as the crow flies is 820 km (513 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.