| Date: | Saturday 4 May 2019 |
| Time: | 22:50 |
| Type: |  Learjet 45 |
| Owner/operator: | Skyservice Business Aviation |
| Registration: | C-GMCP |
| MSN: | 45-126 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Edinburgh-Turnhouse Airport (EDI/EGPH) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Edinburgh-Turnhouse Airport (EDI/EGPH) |
| Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Learjet 45 aircraft operated by Skyservice Business Aviation, was conducting a flight from Edinburgh (EGPH), United Kingdom to Reykjavik/Keflavik (BIKF), Iceland with 4 crew members onboard. During pushback at EGPH, the nose landing gear collapsed. There were no injuries. The nose landing gear and surrounding airframe structure were damaged.
Conclusion: The NLG collapse on aircraft C-GMCP was most likely caused by inadvertent brake application during pushback.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TSB A19F0110
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