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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gates Learjet 35A · Prospect Height, IL · January 5, 2010

Date
January 5, 2010 · 13:27 local
Place
Prospect Height, IL
Airport
Chicago Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
BUHA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N720RA
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN10MA088
Reported as
Gates Learjet 35A
Reported engine
Garrett TFE-731 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,100 total3,800 in this make and model225 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.

The aircraft was conducting a part 91 positioning flight to pick up a high priority part for transport to atlanta. The aircraft was making a VFR circling approoach from the north to runway 34 at pwk airport. The weather was VFR and the aircraft had canceled it's IFR clearance. The aircraft was cleared to land runway 34. The aircraft crashed on the extended centerline of the runway, approximately 1.5 miles short of the airport. Witnesses described the wings rocking back and forth before the aircraft rolled over and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING A PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT TO PICK UP A HIGH PRIORITY PART FOR TRANSPORT TO ATLANTA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A VFR CIRCLING APPROOACH FROM THE NORTH TO RUNWAY 34 AT PWK AIRPORT. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD CANCELED IT'S IFR CLEARANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 34. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE WINGS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.