# Accident 19961206042479A: Lear 36A, Stephenville, December 6, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1996
- Place: Stephenville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N14TX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14TX-1998-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 36A (registry code 5170603, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 36A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97WA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97WA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961206042479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19) ON DECEMBER 6, 1996, AT ABOUT 0430 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A LEARJET 36, N14TX, REGISTERED TO CHRYSLER AVIATION, INC., OF VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, , IMPACTED THE TERRAIN 500 METERS SOUTH OF THE STEPHENVILLE AIRPORT, STEPHENVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED DURING IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN AND NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE WAS REPORTED.  THE CAPTAIN AND CO-PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT HOWEVER, THE AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTED THAT THERE WERE FAIRLY SEVERE SNOW SQUALLS AROUND THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE BUSINESS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 135.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WITH AN INTENDED REFUELING STOP AT STEPHENVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND, THAN ON TO THEIR INTENDED DESTINATION OF SHANNON, IRELAND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI97WA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97WA039), Dec 6, 1996: Learjet 36 (N14TX), Stephenville, Ireland, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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