- Date
- December 11, 1978
- Place
- Muscatine, IA · MUSCATINE, IA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N20BGLear Jet 35
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781211044889A
- Case key
- 138049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4296 78/12/11 MUSCATINE,IA LEAR JET 35 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0535 N20BG PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 34, 7070 TOTAL HOURS, 750 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCATINE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSCATINE,IA AKRON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RAMP/TAXIWAY PERSONNEL-PROCEDURE NOT COVERED IN FLT MANUAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20BG
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muscatine 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.