- Date
- July 16, 1987, 01:45 local (06:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MS
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N133MEIsrael Aircraft Industries 1121
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870716034829A
- Case key
- 31941
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the ground run at 80 KTS the cabin door unsafe light illuminated. The takeoff was aborted with heavy braking & deployment of the thrust reversers. The door was then opened & reclosed which extinguished the light, & a second takeoff was attempted. Aprx 3500 ft down the 8500 ft rwy at 80 KTS the light illuminated again. The takeoff was aborted with heavy braking & deployment of the thrust reversers though they were reported as ineffective & slow to deploy, respectively. The acft then departed the rwy, collided with a localizer antenna after which the left main landing gear was sheared off. The acft then ground looped & came to rest. A company mechanic stated that rod ends for the door latching mechanism had been replaced prior to the accident, however acft maint manuals did not contain information as to the correct procedure for their replacement or adjustment. He also stated that the acft had been flown aprx 8 hrs with no discrepancies noted. The flt was operated as a lifeguard flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N133ME
- Reported as
- Israel Aircraft Industries 1121
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50
- Airframe hours
- 7,996
- Engine
- GE CJ610-1, 2,850 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Trans Aero Corporation
- Registered owner
- General Electric Credit Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1987 · 110 hours before
- Destination
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JAN · Allen C. Thompson, runway 15L, 8,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,366 total · 264 in this make and model · 1,990 as pilot in command · 124 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.