# NTSB MIA86LA149: Learjet 24, N55NJ, Hollywood, FL, May 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1986, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Coordinates: 26.02927, -80.240348 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0293&lon=-80.2403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31623
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31623/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA149

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - hydraulic system,reservoir - low level (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - maintenance,service of aircraft/equipment - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL APCH AND LANDING BUT ON ROLLOUT DISCOVERED HE HAD NO BRAKES. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE SURROUNDING A BALLPARK. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY AND THE MAIN ACCUMULATOR AND THE THRUST REVERSER ACCUMULATOR HAD NO AIR CHARGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55NJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55NJ-2011-03-17), registration cancelled 2011-03-17, S/N 162, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Learjet 24
- Registry model: [Learjet 24](https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-24) (registry code 5170302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [GE CJ610-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (registry code 30006, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-162
- Engines: GE CJ610-4 2850 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: My Wife Yacht Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, November 21, 1985
- Airport: HWO, North Perry, runway 9R, 3,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor, private; airplane ratings: multi-engine sea, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 13,325 total, 2,367 in this make and model, 12,963 as pilot in command, 236 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FLL, 5 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860507016149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860507016149A), May 7, 1986: Lear 24, Hollywood, FL, Substantial damage. Brakes failed and aircraft ran off the side of the runway and hit a fence. Required second pilot not qualified.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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