- Date
- September 25, 1973
- Place
- Lincoln, NE · LINCOLN, NE
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N40LBGates Lear 25
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730925042139A
- Case key
- 187787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3965 73/9/25 LINCOLN,NEBR GATES LEAR 25 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0618 N40LB PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 44, 2690 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINCOLN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,NEBR OMAHA,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT RATED IN MODEL PREVIOUS DAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40LB
- Reported as
- Gates Lear 25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lincoln Muni
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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.