- Date
- December 20, 1984, 16:38 local (22:38 UTC)
- Place
- Waco, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N95TCGates Learjet 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841220069379A
- Case key
- 21517
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
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
No evidence of preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction was noted during wreckage examination. The FAA operations inspector who was on board at the time of the accident stated there were no aircraft problems involved. The PIC, who wasin the process of taking her type rating check ride in the aircraft, failed to maintain directional control during a simulated engine failure after reaching V1 speed during the takeoff run. The total flight experience for the PIC was 2454 hours, most of which was acquired in multiengine aircraft, with 387 hours being in the make and model aircraft involved in the accident. All listed experience in this make and model was obtained as second-in-command.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95TC
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35020
- Airframe hours
- 5,276
- Engine
- Garrett TFE-731-22B, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jet East Inc.
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 19, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- ACT · Waco, TX
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- Madison Copper, runway 19, 6,597 × 150 ft, concrete
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,454 total · 387 in this make and model · 62 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.