Accident · 1998-12-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-12-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Learjet 55B (N554CL)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Clay Lacy Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Clay Lacy
Probable cause
the total loss of electrical power due to the flight crew's failure to complete the engine start checklist, or the electrical power failure checklist, which kept the generators off line and resulted in the complete discharged of both batteries. Also causal to the accident was the captain's failure to perform the emergency landing gear extension checklists, which resulted in a wheels-up landing.
Source: NTSB case LAX99FA051Flight 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.