- Date
- January 8, 1988, 05:19 local (11:19 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N79SFGates Learjet 36A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880108000359A
- Case key
- 22687
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The crew was executing the ILS approach and had turned back inbound on the procedure turn to the outer marker when the co-pilot stated they were 5.9 DME in a calm voice with no indication of a problem. Impact with the ground occurred at about 5.9 DME, approximately 10 statute miles from the airport, while the aircraft was in a slight noseup, slight right wing down attitude, with a high vertical rate of descent, and a high forward speed. The aircraft was demolished. No evidence of a pre-impact failure or malfunction of the aircraft or its systems could be found. The copilot was not rated in the aircraft and had logged a total of 7.9 hours of jet time in his personal logbook.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79SF
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 36A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 041
- Airframe hours
- 3,039
- Engine
- Garrett TFE-731-2-2B, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Phoenix Air
- Registered owner
- Phoenix Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 26, 1987
- Departed
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MLU · Monroe Reg., runway 4, 7,507 × 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,355 total · 528 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.