FTW66I0115

NTSB incident investigation · Lear Jet · Enid, OK · June 15, 1966

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 15, 1966
Place
Enid, OK · ENID, OK
Injuries
2 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N802LLear JetN802LLear Jet 23
Status
Completed · report June 25, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
122311

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0009  66/6/15    ENID,OKLA           LEAR JET 23         CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1610                    N802L               PX-  0  0  0  EXPERIMENTATION           UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- UNDER INVESTIGATION.PRELIMINARY DATA.
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0009  66/6/15    ENID,OKLA           LEAR JET            CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR,
        TIME -                         N802L               PX-  0  0  0  EXPERIMENTATION           3817 TOTAL HOURS, 940 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- PART OF TRAILING EDGE SPOILER TAB SEPARATED CAUSING ELEVATOR FLUTTER,BUCKLING.SAFE LNDG MADE.

Aircraft · 2

Registration
N802L
Reported as
Lear Jet
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
Substantial damage

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.

Registration
N802L
Reported as
Lear Jet 23
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
Substantial damage

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.

Other investigations on N802L · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.