- Date
- November 9, 2014, 16:52 local (21:52 UTC)
- Place
- Freeport, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17UFGates Learjet 35A
- Defining event
- Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90376
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17UF
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 258
- Engines
- Garrett TFE 731 SER, 1,550 horsepower, turbo fanGarrett TFE 731 SER, 1,550 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner
- Diplomat Aviation (Bahamas) Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MYNN · Nassau
- Destination
- MYGF · Freeport
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MYGF · Grand Bahama International
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Onboard weather, Stall warning system
N17UFRegistration cancelled Feb 28, 2018 · Gates Learjet 35AAirframe modelGates Learjet 35AEngine modelGarrett TFE731 series
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 13,500 total
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,020 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC)