| Date: | Wednesday 5 April 2000 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Owner/operator: | Bankair |
| Registration: | N86BE |
| MSN: | 35A-194 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13262 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marianna Municipal Airport, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Opa-locka Airport, FL (OPF/KOPF) |
| Marianna Municipal Airport, FL (KMAI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Check ride out of Opa-locka. While on finals to runway 36 the plane pitched up, the right wing dropped, and the airplane struck trees right wing low. The Learjet traveled through the trees, struck wires, caught fire, and impacted on a hard surface road.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while on final approach resulting in the airplane striking trees. Factors in this accident were: improper planning of the approach, and not obtaining the proper alignment with the runway."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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