- Date
- May 1, 1980
- Place
- Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N42FELear Jet 35A
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800501078849A
- Case key
- 130320
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0029 80/5/1 NR.COLUMBUS,OH LEAR JET 35A CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0103 N42FE PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 37, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,CO COLUMBUS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- AIRSPEED APRX 450KIAS DRG RECOVERY.VMO 307KIAS BLO 14,000FT.L ELEVATOR SEPD DRG RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42FE
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.