- Date
- August 13, 1985, 01:15 local (06:15 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N61TSLearjet 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850813056319A
- Case key
- 12861
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Analysis
The plt elected to take off with a heavy loaded acft on the short rwy. The plt stated a loud noise was heard as the acft approached 80 KTS. The takeoff was aborted at 100 KTS. Hydroplaning was experienced and a loss of control occurred. The acft traveled off the departure end of the rwy were the left main gear collapsed. The acft came to rest with the nose in a water filled ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61TS
- Reported as
- Learjet 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-029
- Airframe hours
- 7,227
- Engine
- GE CJ-610-4, 2,850 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Connie Kalitta Services Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 12, 1985 · 79 hours before
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- M5N · Dane County Regional, runway 31, 5,846 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,200 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.