- Date
- January 19, 1979
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N137GLLear Jet 25D
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1980
- FAA report
- 19790119044289A
- Case key
- 144096
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4022 79/1/19 DETROIT,MI LEAR JET 25D CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1934 N137GL PX- 4 0 0 CORP/EXEC 36, 7171 TOTAL HOURS, 550 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAYNE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DES MOINES,IA TORONTO,CANADA DETROIT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT'S LOSS OF CTL MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ANY COMB OF WAKE TURBC,PREMATURE STALL,OR DELAYED PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N137GL
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 25D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wayne County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.