| Date: | Wednesday 27 April 1977 |
| Time: | 13:36 |
| Type: |  Rockwell Sabreliner 75A |
| Owner/operator: | Rockwell International Corporation |
| Registration: | N6NR |
| MSN: | 380-43 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF700-2D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wheeling-Palwaukee Airport, IL (PWK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Pontiac Airport, MI (PTK/KPTK) |
| Wheeling-Palwaukee Airport, IL (PWK/KPWK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Rockwell Sabreliner 75A corporate jet was damaged beyond repair in a runway excursion accident at Wheeling-Palwaukee Airport, IL (PWK). One of the two pilots was injured.
Upon landing with a tailwind component, the captain attempted to decelerate using maximum reverse thrust while the copilot stowed the reversers, assuming a go around was necessary.
The airplane overran the runway, went through the perimeter fence, struck two cars and crashed into a warehouse. Two motorists and one warehouse worker were injured.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed
pilot in command - improper operation of powerplant & powerplant controls
copilot - spontaneous-improper action
miscellaneous acts,conditions - crew coordination-poor
FACTORS:
pilot in command - selected wrong runway relative to existing wind
powerplant - thrust reverser: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - thrust reversal-asymetrical
miscellaneous acts,conditions - ran off end of runway
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Ludington Daily News - Apr 27, 1977
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