Narrative:
Prof check flight with a simulated single engine power loss on takeoff. It climbed only about 50 feet. The nose pitched up and the plane went in a steep bank attitude, descended and crashed in wooded terrain in a right wing down, nose high attitude.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
raising of flaps..premature..copilot/second pilot
airspeed..inadequate
stall..inadvertent
supervision..inadequate..pilot in command(cfi)
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 12 May 1987 |
| Time: | 10:57 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Operator: | Corporate Jets |
| Registration: | N100EP |
| MSN: | 35A-150 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4203 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| 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: | West Mifflin, PA ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, PA (AGC/KAGC), United States of America |
| Teterboro Airport, NJ (TEB/KTEB), United States of America |
Prof check flight with a simulated single engine power loss on takeoff. It climbed only about 50 feet. The nose pitched up and the plane went in a steep bank attitude, descended and crashed in wooded terrain in a right wing down, nose high attitude.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
raising of flaps..premature..copilot/second pilot
airspeed..inadequate
stall..inadvertent
supervision..inadequate..pilot in command(cfi)
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» NTSBPhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, PA to Teterboro Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 495 km (309 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, PA to Teterboro Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 495 km (309 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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