# Accident 20240111000139A: Learjet Inc 55, Livingston, MT, January 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2024, 08:40 local time
- Place: Livingston, MT
- Airport: Mission Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BUHA
- Location: 45.6994° N, 110.4480° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6994&lon=-110.4480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N558RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N558RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 55 (registry code 5170804, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE-731-SER series (registry code 33902, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe-731-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 55
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE-731-SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 31,800 total, 800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240111000139A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 11, 2024 A LEARJET INC MODEL 55, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED AT MISSION FIELD (LVM), LIVINGSTON MONTANA AIRPORT DURING A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT AND SLID OFF RWY 22 IN TO A RAVINE.  PILOT AND COPILOT ONLY TWO POB AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PRVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSANTIALLY DAMAGED.  FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPTK) PONTIAC MICHIGAN.

## 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 WPR24LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA071), Jan 11, 2024: Learjet 55 (N558RA), Livingston, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s decision to land on a snow-covered runway with a tailwind, resulting in a runway excursion and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident, was the failure of the…

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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