- Date
- April 10, 1971
- Place
- Danville, IL · DANVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N658LLear Jet 23
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4535 71/4/10 DANVILLE,ILL LEAR JET 23 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1045 N658L PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS 49, 31105 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERMILLION CTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FLA DANVILLE,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED REMARKS- R BATTERY HAD THERMAL RUNAWAY. LINK CAP SCREWS OF NR 4 CELL SHOWED LOW TORQUE. DMG AIRFRAME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N658L
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vermillion Cty