- Date
- March 17, 1993, 19:35 local (Mar 18, 1993, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N304AFLearjet 35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930317005639A
- Case key
- 11923
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Probable cause
Improper planning or decision by the pilot in command (PIC). Factors related to the accident were: darkness, the adverse weather conditions, and the runway/terrain condition.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was cleared for an ILS runway 6 approach and reported that he had the runway in sight above the decision height. Snow was falling. After a 'successful' approach, the airplane touched down in the 'touchdown zone.' Spoilers, thrust reversers, and brakes were applied, but the airplane 'started to drift to the right.' The airplane impacted a snowbank on the right side of the runway. Its left main landing gear collapsed and the fuselage keel beam was damaged. Braking action was reported as 'nil' by the pilot. The runway had 'two to three inches' of wet snow. It was closed and plowed immediately following the accident. The tower controller had transmitted to the pilots 'last braking action fair by a westwind about 20 minutes ago.' The ATIS information included 'approach lights for runway 6 have been decommissioned.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N304AF
- Reported as
- Learjet 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35-013
- Airframe hours
- 4,980
- Engine
- Garrett TFE 731-2-2B, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Apache Corporation
- Registered owner
- Apache Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 14, 1993 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MSP · Minneapolis, MN
- Destination
- TEB
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TEB · Teterboro, runway 6, 6,013 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,420 total · 1,330 in this make and model · 9,386 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 14 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TEB, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.