- Date
- January 3, 1976
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N651LJLear Jet 24
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760103011429A
- Case key
- 152693
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0822 76/1/3 ANCHORAGE,AK LEAR JET 24 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1758 N651LJ PX- 4 2 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 38, 9832 TOTAL HOURS, 321 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK RETURN DEADHORSE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT DSCND BLO PUBLISHED MIN.LOW FUEL STATE.DIDNT REFUEL BFOR TKOF.OVERFLEW SUITABLE ARPTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N651LJ
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Anchorage Intl
N651LJRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2022 · Learjet 24AAirframe modelLearjet 24AEngine modelGE CJ610-SER series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.