ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327684
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 March 1983 |
| Time: | 05:14 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25 |
| Owner/operator: | Hughes Charter Air |
| Registration: | N51CA |
| MSN: | 25-030 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5750 hours |
| Engine model: | General Electric CJ610-6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW) |
| Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Night check courier flight. The Learjet descended steep and fast for runway 04R and bounced on landing. It banked to the right, hit the ground and burned. Both pilots exposed to marijuana and CO2 in blood from smoking.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "(a) Loss of control following ground contact, (b) an unstabilized approach. and c) impairment of the flightcrew's judgment, decisionmaking, and flying abilities by a combination of physioIogical and psychological factors."
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