Accident · 1991-07-22

NTSB case CHI91MA224 · LEARJET 23 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-07-22
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: LEARJET 23 (N959SC)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: JETSTREAM INTERNATIONAL Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): JETSTREAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Probable cause

IMPROPER PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT, HIS FAILURE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF WHILE THERE WAS SUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING, AND HIS FAILURE TO ASSURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT ATTAINED SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED FOR LIFT-OFF AND CLIMB. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ASSURE THE AIRCRAFT WAS WITHIN ITS MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMITATION, HIS IMPROPER USE OF THE PARKING BRAKE, AND INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION IN THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK CONCERNING THE AIRCRAFT PARKING BRAKE.

Source: NTSB case CHI91MA224

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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