- Date
- March 3, 1984, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- XALAPGates Learjet 25D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16347
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
About 1 mi from the arpt while established on the glide slope, the plt was advised by the controller to go around due totraffic on the ground. Just after the plt advanced the throttles & retracted the landing gear, the controller again cleared the plt for landing since the traffic on the ground had cleared the rwy. The plt stated he immediately 'chopped'the throttles & extended the gear. The acft landed hard on the rwy about 1500 ft from the threshold. Buckling & wrinkling of the fuselage skin was evident just forward of each eng. Extensive external buckling could be seen in the area of the right landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XALAP
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 25D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 366
- Airframe hours
- 605
- Engine
- GE 610-8A, 2,950 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 20, 1984 · 565 hours before
- Departed
- SAT · San Antonio, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DEN · Stapleton Intl, runway 35R, 12,000 × 200 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,020 total · 28 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg