35.1495° N, 90.0490° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 6, 1988 · 06:50 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
REXA
Aircraft
N306PX
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3101
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total700 in this make and model280 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft veered sharply on takeoff roll. Unable to recover. Left runway. Clogged filter on nose steering actuator.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY ON TAKEOFF ROLL. UNABLE TO RECOVER. LEFT RUNWAY. CLOGGED FILTER ON NOSE STEERING ACTUATOR.