Date: | Wednesday 11 February 1981 |
Time: | 18:40 |
Type: | Lockheed L-1329 JetStar 731 |
Owner/operator: | Texasgulf Aviation |
Registration: | N520S |
MSN: | 5084 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7413 hours |
Cycles: | 5308 flights |
Engine model: | Garrett TFE731 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ) |
Destination airport: | White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A major electrical system failure during a runway 16 ILS approach distracted the pilot. The Jetstar descended into a heavily wooded area, 6000 feet from the approach end of the runway.
Following a recent modification of the generator control circuitry, the aircraft's electrical system had experienced several multiple generator failures.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A distraction of the pilot at a critical time as a result of a major electrical system malfunction which in combination with the adverse weather environment caused an undetected deviation of the aircraft's flightpath into the terrain."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DCA81AA009 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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