| Date: | Saturday 31 August 1974 |
| Time: | 12:50 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25B |
| Owner/operator: | Colorado Flying Academy |
| Registration: | N366AA |
| MSN: | 25-151 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Briggsdale, CO -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) |
| Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Lost control at FL174 when the instructor decided to introduce a runaway trim emergency to the student pilot who was on his 4th lesson for his type rating. The Learjet struck the ground in a 20-40deg nosedown attitude.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
misc-unable to retrim acft for undetermined reason
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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