# Accident 20080919846669A: Lear 60LEAR, Columbia, SC, September 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2008, 23:53 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: G4XA
- Location: 33.9999° N, 81.0293° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9999&lon=-81.0293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999LJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999LJ-2008-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 60 (registry code 5170707, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A (registry code 52190, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 60LEAR
- Reported engine: PWA PW305
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 3,144 total, 36 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA08MA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08MA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080919846669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2008, AT ABOUT 11:53 PM EDT, A LEARJET MODEL 60 (N999LJ) OPERATED BY GLOBAL EXEC AVIATION AS AN ON-DEMAND PASSENGER FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 135, OVERRAN RUNWAY 11 WHILE DEPARTING COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ENROUTE TO VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA.  THE 2 CREWMEMBERS AND 2 OF THE 4 PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED, THE OTHER 2 PASSENGERS SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY EXTENSIVE POST-CRASH FIRE.  WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS.  TIRE DEBRIS AND PORTIONS OF AIRPLANE COMPONENTS WERE FOUND ALONG THE 8,600 FOOT RUNWAY.  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AND INITIAL INFORMATION, THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL APPEARED NORMAL, THE SPARKS WERE OBSERVED AS THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED ALONG THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED BEYOND THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, THROUGH THE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FOOT RUNWAY SAFETY AREA AND IMPACTED AIRPORT LIGHTING, NAVIGATION FACILITIES, PERMITER FENCE AND CONCRETE MARKER POSTS.  THE AIRPLANE THEN CROSSED A ROADWAY, AND CAME TO REST ON AN EMBANKMENT ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE FIRE BEGAN ON THE AIRPORT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.

## 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 DCA08MA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08MA098), Sep 20, 2008: Learjet LR60 (N999LJ), Columbia, SC, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The operator’s inadequate maintenance of the airplane’s tires, which resulted in multiple tire failures during takeoff roll due to severe underinflation, and the captain’s execution of a rejected…

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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