Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Friday 6 July 1979 |
Time: | 11:02 |
Type: | Learjet 25B |
Operator: | Chapman Commodities |
Registration: | N40BC |
MSN: | 25-128 |
First flight: | 1973 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB) ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Denver (unknown airport), CO, United States of America |
Destination airport: | Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB/KPUB), United States of America |
Narrative:Yawed left on touchdown; left wingtip tank scraped along the runway. Power was added and the Learjet left the ground in a 90deg bank. The left wingtip struck the ground; it rolled inverted and crashed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
pilot in command - control interference
FACTOR(S):
personnel - production-design-personnel: poor/inadequate design
pilot in command - spontaneous-improper action
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» NTSB
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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.