| Date: | Wednesday 6 August 1986 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Type: |  Learjet 55 |
| Owner/operator: | Federal Paper Board |
| Registration: | N921FP |
| MSN: | 55-103 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 901 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rutland Airport, VT (RUT) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Rutland Airport, VT (RUT/KRUT) |
| Teterboro Airport, NJ (TEB/KTEB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Takeoff attempted on wrong runway. Takeoff was aborted but the Lear overran the runway and hit a stone wall. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
wrong runway..selected..pilot in command
checklist..not used..pilot in command
procedures/directives..not followed..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
object..fence
complacency..pilot in command
Sources:
NTSB
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