ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324171
| Date: | Tuesday 15 July 1997 |
| Time: | 19:53 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Owner/operator: | Orion Aircraft Sales |
| Registration: | N19LH |
| MSN: | 35A-279 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13726 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Avon Park Municipal Airport, FL (AVO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) |
| Avon Park Municipal Airport, FL (AVO/KAVO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Touched down far down runway after an unstabilized approach. Reversers were deployed and a little later a go around was initiated. It came off the ground 30-40 feet, wobbled and struck some wires before crashing into a field.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A loss of engine power as a result of the thrust reversers being deployed and subsequent in-flight collision with wires. Factors in this accident were the pilot's disregard for procedures, and the improper use of the thrust reversers. "
Accident investigation:
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