# NTSB CHI70A0027: Lear Jet 23A, N1021B, Racine, WI, November 6, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 6, 1969
- Place: Racine, WI · RACINE, WI
- Location: 42.7256° N, 87.8142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Racine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7256&lon=-87.8142&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 1970
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79893
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70A0027
- Board report AAR7021 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7021.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70A0027

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3766   69/11/6   RACINE,WIS          LEAR JET 23A        CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1107                    N1021B              PX-  5  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 40, 7076 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            625 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HORLICK-RACINE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BENTON HARBOR,MICH          RACINE,WIS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ADF APCH,RAPCON ADZD MARION FIX.PASSED FIX,RADAR TARGET FADED.FLOATING WRECKAGE RECOVERED LKE MICH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1021B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1021B-1971-12-08), registration cancelled 1971-12-08, S/N 086, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR JET 23A
- Registry model: [Learjet 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-23) (registry code 5170102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Horlick-Racine

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.

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