- Date
- December 4, 1978
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77RSLear Jet 25C
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1980
- Case key
- 138212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4454 78/12/4 ANCHORAGE,AK LEAR JET 25C CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 7000 TIME - 1450 N77RS PX- 3 2 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JUNEAU,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 23000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RWY PEAK GUSTS 31K.SUSPECTED LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77RS
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 25C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Anchorage Intl
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