| Date: | Tuesday 2 September 1997 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Learjet 31 |
| Owner/operator: | North American Plastics |
| Registration: | N71JC |
| MSN: | 31-008 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1845 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aberdeen, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Madison-Bruce Campbell Field Airport, MS (DXE/KMBO) |
| Aberdeen-Monroe County Airport, MS | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was high and fast on final approach, because of restricted visibility in haze, and a go-around was executed. Belly landed after the second approach because the crew thought the gear was still down.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flightcrew's failure to extend the landing gear. "
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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