ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323245
| Date: | Friday 24 August 2001 |
| Time: | 05:42 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25 |
| Owner/operator: | Ameristar Jet Charter |
| Registration: | N153TW |
| MSN: | 25-053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12486 hours |
| Engine model: | General Electric CJ610-6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,8 km SE of Ithaca-Tompkins County Airport, NY (ITH) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Ithaca-Tompkins County Airport, NY (ITH/KITH) |
| Jackson-Reynolds Municipal Airport, MI (JXN/KJXN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane crashed and came to rest in a wooded area about 1/2 mile from the departure end of runway 32.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain a proper climb rate while taking off at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were the low visibility and cloud conditions, and the dark night."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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