| Date: | Friday 15 December 1972 |
| Time: | 11:46 |
| Type: |  Learjet 23 |
| Owner/operator: | Zantop International Airlines |
| Registration: | N20M |
| MSN: | 23-094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) |
| Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY (LEX/KLEX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ferry flight to Lexington, KY. Hit fuel storage tank when it failed to climb after takeoff from runway 03R.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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