| Date: | Thursday 16 January 1997 |
| Time: | 14:28 |
| Type: |  Learjet 24 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Cargo Express |
| Registration: | N991TD |
| MSN: | 24-124 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CJ610 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Muscatine Airport, IA (MUT) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Fort Wayne (unknown airport), IN |
| Muscatine Airport, IA (MUT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Snow dragged the airplane left on landing, causing it to depart the left side of runway 23. The airplane slid sideways about 300 yards before coming to a stop.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the snow covered runway edge. "
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Hannover Airport (HAJ); April 1974
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