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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Learjet 45 · Morristown, NJ · April 2, 2022

Date
April 2, 2022 · 11:20 local
Place
Morristown, NJ
Airport
Morristown Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N877W
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA22LA175
Reported as
Learjet 45
Reported engine
Honeywell TFE731-40BR-1
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
8,834 total1,599 in this make and model51 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.

Aircraft landed runway 23 at mmu on April 2, 2022, the approach was normal with winds reported from 360 at 9KTS, gusting to 14KTS. The pilot stated that the right main gear touched first, followed by the left main gear, then shortly after the nose gear touched down and the aircraft suddenly pulled hard to the right going into the grass.

Airport video shows the left and right wing assembly separate from the aircraft after going into the grass.

The aircraft fuselage and the wing assembly came to rest approximately 100 feet apart.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 23 AT MMU ON APRIL 2, 2022, THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL WITH WINDS REPORTED FROM 360 AT 9KTS, GUSTING TO 14KTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT GOING INTO THE GRASS.

AIRPORT VIDEO SHOWS THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING ASSEMBLY SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AFTER GOING INTO THE GRASS.

THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE AND THE WING ASSEMBLY CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET APART.

NTSB investigation

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