- Date
- November 5, 1978
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N336WRLear Jet 25B
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781105039769A
- Case key
- 139155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3522 78/11/5 LAFAYETTE,LA LEAR JET 25B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 13355 TIME - 1804 N336WR PX- 0 0 8 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 6732 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFAYETTE REGNL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCOOK,NE LAFAYETTE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT STATED ACFT DESCENDED BELOW VASI 3 TIMES DURING APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N336WR
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 25B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lafayette Regnl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.