ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323867
| Date: | Tuesday 27 October 1998 |
| Time: | 14:56 |
| Type: |  Learjet 45 |
| Owner/operator: | Lear Jet Corp. |
| Registration: | N454LJ |
| MSN: | 45-004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 339 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wallops Island, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Chincoteague-Wallops Flight Center, VA (WAL/KWAL) |
| Chincoteague-Wallops Flight Center, VA (WAL/KWAL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Water ingestion test flights. Failure of the pilot to obtain/maintain alignment with the water pool on runway 22 resulted in loss of control. The Learjet departed the left side of the runway, and struck a pickup truck parked adjacent to the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot to obtain/maintain alignment with the water pool, which resulted in the loss of control. Factors in the accident were the inadequate preflight planning of the flight test facility and the airplane manufacturer which resulted in hazards in the test area and the subsequent collision of the airplane with a vehicle. "
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