Date: | Wednesday 12 November 2003 |
Time: | 06:45 |
Type: | Learjet 24D |
Owner/operator: | Multi-Aero, Inc. |
Registration: | N77JL |
MSN: | 24-286 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6653 hours |
Cycles: | 6504 flights |
Engine model: | General Electric CJ610-6 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Belleville, IL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Saint Louis-Bi-State Parks Airport, MO (CPS/KCPS) |
Destination airport: | North Platte-Lee Bird Field, NE (LBF/KLBF) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Shortly after departure from St. Louis' Downtown Airport runway 12R the pilot carried out a forced landing due to a loss of engine power. The Learjet crash-landed in a field and burst into flames some four miles from the airport. The airplane had encountered a flock of birds, presumably European starlings.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The total loss of power to the right engine and the partial loss of power to the left engine after the airplane encountered a flock of birds during initial climb out, resulting in impeded ram induction airflow."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI04FA029 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
SKYbrary NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Tommy Lakmaker, via Werner Fischdick; Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN); March 1974
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