- Date
- December 1, 2022, 21:08 local (Dec 2, 2022, 02:08 UTC)
- Place
- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba · On Runway 28 near approach end of runway
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N979RFLearjet 35
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA (Miami International Field Office)
- Case key
- 106436
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Probable cause
The flight crew’s continuation of an unstable approach which resulted in abnormal runway contact during the landing flare and touchdown.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
The flight crew reported that during a civilian positioning flight to pick up a medical patient, they were cleared to land via a visual approach at night. During the base segment in the traffic pattern, the first officer, who was the pilot flying, lost sight of the runway and transferred the flight controls to the captain at an altitude of about 900 ft mean sea level. The first officer stated that after the exchange of the flight controls, the “aircraft was on short final and passed over the threshold at an angle.” Subsequently, during the captain’s landing flare and touchdown, the stick shaker activated, and the left wing dropped and impacted the runway. The captain completed the landing roll, stopped the airplane on the runway, and all of the occupants exited without incident. The impact with the runway resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The flight crew did not report any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N979RF
- Reported as
- Learjet 35 (A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 376
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 16,719
- Engines
- Garrett TFE 731-2C-2B, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo fanGarrett TFE 731-2C-2B, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- REVA, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jedami Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 3, 2022 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MUGM · Guantanamo Bay Naval Air Station, runway 28, 8,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Auto-pilot
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
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Foreign, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 9,732 total · 210 in this make and model · 8,753 as pilot in command · 151 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 16, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,458 total · 146 in this make and model · 1,141 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- MUGM, 3 nm away
- METAR
- MUGM 020151Z 35010KT 10SM SCT065 BKN080 26/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02560217 $
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 7, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 MB in all.
Other investigations on N979RF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.