# Accident 20201021020959A: Learjet Inc 60, Wheeling, IL, October 21, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2020, 23:00 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WWQA
- Location: 42.1142° N, 87.9014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1142&lon=-87.9014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1128M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1128M-2023-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 60 (registry code 5170707, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada 305A (registry code 52291, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 60
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA 305A
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,864 total, 1,358 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA21LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201021020959A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N1128M ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY AIRPORT, CLEVELAND, OHIO (KCGF) TO CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, WHEELING, ILLINOIS (KPWK).  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY WORLDWIDE CHARTER (WWQA) UNDER PART 135 FLIGHT RULES WITH 2 CREWMEMBERS AND 6 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) DATA SHOWS AT 0345Z, N1128M WAS 31 NAUTICAL MILES (NM) EAST OF KPWK (HEADING 300 DEGREES, ALTITUDE 4,000 MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL)). ATC ISSUED VECTORS FOR THE VISUAL APPROACH RUNWAY 34 AT KPWK. AT 0349Z, N1128M WAS ISSUED DIRECT KPWK AND DESCENDED TO 2,500 MSL. AT 0353Z, N1128M REPORTED AIRPORT IN SIGHT 6 NM NORTHEAST AND WAS CLEARED THE VISUAL APPROACH RUNWAY 34. N1128M WAS SWITCH TO ADVISORY FREQUENCY AND ADVISED TO REPORT LANDING ASSURED ON FREQUENCY 124.7.

WEATHER AT KPWK WAS REPORTING KPWK 220352Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM OVC045 11/08 A3019 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW RAB29E50 SLP224 P0001.

N1128M LANDED ON RUNWAY 30,THE CREW  DEPLOYED THE SPOILERS AND APPLIED BRAKES.  THE AIRCRAFT HYDROPLANED AND THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TOWARDS THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO THE GRASS OFF OF THE END OF RUNWAY 30.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED ON THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR.

RUNWAY 34 AT KPWK IS (5001 FEET X 150 FEET) AND RUNWAY 30 AT KPWK IS (4415 FEET X 75 FEET)

## 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 DCA21LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA011), Oct 22, 2020: Learjet 60 (N1128M), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's misidentification of the landing runway, which resulted in a runway overrun and the airplane’s impact with the airport perimeter fence.

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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