- Date
- October 6, 1968
- Place
- Dulles Itl Apt, VA · DULLES ITL APT, VA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N430EJLear Jet 23
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108376
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3288 68/10/6 DULLES ITL APT,VA LEAR JET 23 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2245 N430EJ PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 42, 7781 TOTAL HOURS, 99 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW ILS GLIDE PATH. ACFT STRUCK MIDDLE MARKER ANTENNA, CONT FLT AND LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N430EJ
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dulles