| Date: | Thursday 8 September 1977 |
| Time: | 20:20 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25B |
| Owner/operator: | Champion Home Builders |
| Registration: | N999HG |
| MSN: | 25-178 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 700 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sanford, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport, NC (KTTA) |
| Flint-Bishop Airport, MI (FNT/KFNT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
One or more low-order explosions in the aft fuselage resulted in a fire. While climbing trough 3000 feet following departure, the plane lost control and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "One or more low-order explosions in the aircraft's aft fuselage which resulted in a fire and loss of control capability. The Safety Board could not determine conclusively the fuel and ignition sources of the initial explosion; however, gases from the aircraft's batteries or fuel leakage from fuel system components, or both, could have been present in the area of the initial explosion."
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