- Date
- June 12, 1992, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Sheboygan Falls, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N38DJGates Learjet 25B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920612019879A
- Case key
- 15293
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Probable cause
The copilot's premature liftoff and the captain's inadequate remedial action resulting in loss of aircraft control at low altitude.
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 crew discussed touch-and-go landings as they walked out to board. The captain occupied the right seat to allow the copilot to fly the short repositioning flight from the left. The airplane lifted off prematurely and remained in ground effect. Roll attitude vacillated slightly before onset of a rapid right roll to inverted at ground impact. The engines continued to run after impact; both were selected to high power. No material or mechanical discrepancy was found which diminshed power or aircraft control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38DJ
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 25B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 191
- Airframe hours
- 9,798
- Engine
- GE CJ 610-6, 2,950 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jet Charter Group, Inc., doing business as Professional Ambulance Service
- Registered owner
- Jet Charter Group, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 5, 1992 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- SBM
- Destination
- MTW · Manitowoc, WI
- Airport
- SBM · Sheboygan County Muni, runway 21, 5,400 × 100 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
- 53
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 17,012 total · 5,738 in this make and model · 15,183 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTW, 26 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.