# Accident 20011122036819A: Lear 25B, Pittsburgh, PA, November 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2001, 13:04 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: UJ8A
- Location: 40.5100° N, 80.1599° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5100&lon=-80.1599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5UJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5UJ-2002-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011122036819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 22, 2001, AIRCRAFT N5UJ, A LEAR 25B, CRASHED ON TAKEOFF AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A TITLE 14 PART 91 FLIGHT TO ITS BASE OF OPERATION. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT RUNWAY 28L WITH A HIGH NOSE PITCH ATTITUDE. FACTS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE 3000 FOOT RUNWAY DISTANCE MARKER AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY, AND THEN PARALLELED RUNWAY 28 LEFT UNTIL IT STRUCK A FENCE AND CRASHED INTO A SMALL VALLEY. AN IN DEPTH INVESTIGATION HAS NOT REVEALED ANY MECHANICAL FAILURES AT THIS TIME. THE CREW SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE POST CRASH FIRE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INVESTIGATION.

## 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 IAD02FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02FA018), Nov 22, 2001: Gates Learjet 25B (N5UJ), Pittsburgh, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The (undetermined) pilot-at-the-controls' early, and over rotation of the airplane's nose during the takeoff attempt, and his failure to maintain directional control. Also causal, was the captain's…

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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