Date: | Thursday 8 September 1977 |
Time: | 20:20 |
Type: | Learjet 25B |
Owner/operator: | Champion Home Builders |
Registration: | N999HG |
MSN: | 25-178 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Total airframe hrs: | 700 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Sanford, NC -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport, NC (KTTA) |
Destination airport: | Flint-Bishop Airport, MI (FNT/KFNT) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:One or more low-order explosions in the aft fuselage resulted in a fire. While climbing trough 3000 feet following departure, the plane lost control and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "One or more low-order explosions in the aircraft's aft fuselage which resulted in a fire and loss of control capability. The Safety Board could not determine conclusively the fuel and ignition sources of the initial explosion; however, gases from the aircraft's batteries or fuel leakage from fuel system components, or both, could have been present in the area of the initial explosion."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | IAD77AA065 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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