- Date
- October 17, 1978
- Place
- Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N123RELear Jet 24
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781017034529A
- Case key
- 147488
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3022 78/10/17 LANCASTER,CA LEAR JET 24 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0913 N123RE PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 36, 8390 TOTAL HOURS, 379 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEN.WM.J.FOX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA LANCASTER,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123RE
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gen.Wm.J.Fox
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.