- Date
- February 9, 1983, 08:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Wilkes Barre, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4PNGates Learjet LR-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830209074039I
- Case key
- 12044
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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
Autopilot/flight director,disengage unit - too coldCause
Weather conditionFactor
Analysis
Acft autopilot/autotrim system failed to disengage due to a malfunction of the engage switch which occurred only in cold environment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4PN
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet LR-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 003
- Airframe hours
- 7,680
- Engine
- GE CJ 610-6, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Precisin National Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 3, 1983 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- AVP · Wilkes Barre, PA
- Destination
- MVN · Mount Vernon, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,100 total · 2,202 in this make and model · 14,500 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Observed at
- AVP, 20 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.