# NTSB BFO89FA024: Learjet 25, N29FN, Roanoke, VA, March 24, 1989 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report - Date: March 23, 1989, 20:15 local (Mar 24, 1989, 01:15 UTC) - Place: Roanoke, VA - Coordinates: 37.310989, -79.899253 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3110&lon=-79.8993&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 22, 1990 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 11455 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO89FA024 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11455/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA024 ## Probable cause CO-PILOTS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN AN OVERRUN LANDING. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE CAPTAINS POOR SUPERVISION OF THE APPROACH AND LANDING. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - aborted - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor) - airspeed - excessive, copilot/second pilot (cause) - planned approach - not followed, copilot/second pilot (cause) - remedial action - delayed, copilot/second pilot (cause) - reversers - not selected, copilot/second pilot - supervision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - aborted - terrain condition - berm (cause) - Complete gear collapsed, landing - aborted - landing gear,main gear attachment - separation - landing gear,nose gear strut - separation - hydraulic system,line - separation - fluid,hydraulic - dumped - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown ## Analysis THE ACFT OVERRAN THE END OF RWY 06 (6800 FT LONG) FOLLOWING AN LDA APCH. IT CONTACTED A DIRT BERM AT THE END OF THE GRASS OVERRUN AND CATAPULTED INTO THE AIR. THE CAPT HAD ADVANCED THE POWER LEVERS TO FULL PWR FOR GO-AROUND AFTER THEY SEEMED TO GET NO SPOILERS AND THRUST REVERSAL. BOTH CREWMEMBERS STATED THAT THE CO-PLT MADE THE INITIAL LANDING. THE ACFT GAINED FLYING SPEED AS THE TERRAIN DROPPED OFF. THE ACFT WAS CLIMBED TO 6000 FT TO ACCESS DAMAGE AND TWO TWR FLY-BYS WERE MADE TO CK THE LANDING GEAR. THE TWR REPORTED NO GEAR IN SIGHT. A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND ON RWY 33 FOR THE BEST OVERRUN. THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT LNDG GEAR AND SLID THE LENGTH OF THE RWY AND CONTINUED 200 FT OFF THE DEPARTURE END ON THE GRASS. ANOTHER PLT WITNESS STATED THAT N29FN HAD BEEN LANDED 'FAST AND HIGH'. POST ACC EXAM AND TESTING OF THE ACFT PRODUCED NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE SYSTEMS.THE LNDG GEAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN SEPARATED DURING THE FIRST LANDING WHEN THE ACFT CATAPULTED OFF THE DIRT BERM. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N29FN](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29FN-2013-06-07), registration cancelled 2013-06-07, S/N 018, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Learjet 25 - Registry model: [Learjet 25](https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-25) (registry code 5170506) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [GE CJ610-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (registry code 30006, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 25-018 - Airframe hours: 7878 - Engines: GE CJ-610-6 2950 lbs thrust turbo jet - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Operator: Flight International, Inc. - Registered owner: Flt. Int'L. Of Florida, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport - Last inspection: AAIP, February 19, 1989, 85 hours before - Departed: PHF, NEWPORT NEWS, VA - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: ROA, Roanoke Reg., runway 6, 6,800 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 30; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,765 total, 1,184 in this make and model, 2,770 as pilot in command, 166 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark - Wind: 50° at 8 knots - Visibility: 4 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft overcast - Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: ROA ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19890324004429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890324004429A), Mar 24, 1989: Lear 25, Roanoke, VA, Substantial damage. Went down embankment. Damaged landing gear, became airborne. Made 2 low passes,landed with no gear,went off runway 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.