| Date: | Wednesday 25 October 1967 |
| Time: | 11:08 |
| Type: |  Learjet 23 |
| Owner/operator: | Executive Jet Sales |
| Registration: | N432EJ |
| MSN: | 23-028A |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Muskegon, MI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Muskegon Airport, MI (MKG/KMKG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Engine compressor stall in icing conditions; ditched in Lake Michigan.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - attempted operation w/known deficiencies in equipment
pilot in command - improper in-flight decisions or planning
miscellaneous - foreign material affecting normal operations
miscellaneous acts, conditions - ice-engine
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts, conditions - airframe ice
miscellaneous acts, conditions - failure of two or more engines
miscellaneous acts, conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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