- Date
- January 26, 1983, 05:25 local (10:25 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N300LBGates Learjet 24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830126001379I
- Case key
- 12041
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Nosewheel steering - not correctedFactor
Miscellaneous - prematureFactor
Analysis
The nosewheel steering mechanism was activated at too high aspeed after touchdown causing a loss of control. There were prior instances of steering problems which were not documented in maintenace records & the plt was not aware that they existed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300LB
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 149
- Airframe hours
- 6,976
- Engine
- GE CJ610-4, 2,850 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Epps Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jet Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 30, 1982 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BKL · Burke Lakefront, runway 6, 6,198 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Observed at
- CLE, 10 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.