- Date
- September 8, 1977
- Place
- Sanford, NC · SANFORD, NC
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N999HGLearjet 25B
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1979
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19770908043549A
- Case key
- 79892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4205 77/9/8 SANFORD,NC LEARJET 25B CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2020 N999HG PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC 40, 9364 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANFORD-LEE CNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANFORD,NC FLINT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOW ORDER EXPLOSIONS,AFT FUSELAGE.BATTERIES GASES,FUEL LEAKAGE,OR BOTH,COULD HAVE BEEN PRESENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N999HG
- Reported as
- Learjet 25B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sanford-Lee Cnty
N999HGRegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2013 · Gates Lear Jet 25BAirframe modelGates Lear Jet 25BEngine modelGE CJ610-SER series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.