| Date: | Friday 16 May 1997 |
| Time: | 13:14 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Owner/operator: | First Air Jet Charter |
| Registration: | N1AH |
| MSN: | 35A-398 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8019 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Great Falls International Airport, MT (GTF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Great Falls International Airport, MT (GTF/KGTF) |
| Dallas-Love Field, TX (DAL/KDAL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane became airborne about 3,500 feet down the runway; the crew subsequently lost control of the aircraft, and it crashed to the left of the runway, and a fire erupted. An engine failure was simulated as a training exercise.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, and the subsequent improper response to a simulated loss of engine power, resulting in liftoff at an airspeed below that for which sustained flight was possible."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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