# Accident 20100105056059A: Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, Prospect Height, IL, January 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2010, 13:27 local time
- Place: Prospect Height, IL
- Airport: Chicago Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BUHA
- Location: 42.0889° N, 87.8917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0889&lon=-87.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N720RA-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEARJET CORP. 35A
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10MA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10MA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100105056059A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN10MA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10MA088), Jan 5, 2010: Gates Learjet 35A (N720RA), Prospect Heights, IL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control for undetermined reasons.

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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