Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Thursday 21 October 1965 |
Time: | 19:35 |
Type: | Learjet 23 |
Operator: | Lear Jet Corp. |
Registration: | N804LJ |
MSN: | 23-015 |
First flight: | 1965 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 13 km (8.1 mls) ENE of Jackson, MI ( United States of America)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), United States of America |
Destination airport: | Wichita (unknown airport), KS, United States of America |
Narrative:The Learjet 23 was operated by the Lear Jet Corporation to transport a company official from Wichita, Kansas to Detroit, Michigan, USA. The company official remained in Detroit.
Following a weather briefing, the crew filed an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan for the return trip to Wichita. They estimated a time en route of 2:40 hours with 3:30 hours of fuel on board, and requested a cruising altitude of Flight Level (FL) 410.
N804LJ departed on runway 03L at 19:25. At 1931 the flight reported level at FL 250. At 19:32 they were assigned a new frequency for communications with Cleveland ARTCC. The acknowledgement of the new frequency was the last transmission received from
N804LJ.
The aircraft entered a steep descent out of FL250 and impacted the ground near Jackson, Michigan.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A loss of adequate attitude reference resulting from AC electrical power failure under night, turbulent conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Electrical system problem
Loss of control
Sources:
» NTSB-AAR-67-AB
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accident date:
21-10-1965type: Learjet 23
registration: N804LJ
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.