Accident · 2003-09-19

NTSB case FTW03FA229 · Learjet 25B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2003-09-19
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Learjet 25B (N666TW)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Ameristar Jet Charter, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Ameristar Jet Charter, Inc.

Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged distance and speed during the approach to landing, and his failure to obtain the proper touchdown point resulting in an overrun. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to abort the landing.

Source: NTSB case FTW03FA229

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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