Last updated: 12 December 2019
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 2018 |
| Time: | 08:50 |
| Type: |  Learjet 60 |
| Operator: | Federal Aviation Administration - FAA |
| Registration: | N57 |
| C/n / msn: | 60-039 |
| First flight: | 1994 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Survey/research |
| Departure airport: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), United States of America |
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A Learjet 60 airplane, N57 operated as Flight Check 57, sustained substantial damage after a brake fire while taxiing for departure at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah, USA. All three people on board (two certificated airline transport pilots and one technician) were uninjured.
The mission specific modified airplane is used to perform flight inspections of the National Airspace navigational systems.
After refueling at a fixed base operation, the airplane taxied down taxiway Kilo for a runway 17L departure. While taxing, the right main brake ignited and the fire spread, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Brake problemDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» NTSBPhotos
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
