- Date
- December 20, 1978
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N40SNLear Jet 25
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781220045049A
- Case key
- 138089
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4353 78/12/20 MINNEAPOLIS,MN LEAR JET 25 CR- 0 2 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1147 TIME - 0802 N40SN PX- 0 3 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 262 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINN-ST PAUL INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MN EVANSVILLE,IN 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 29 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- SNOW/ICE ON WINGS.FLAPS 28DEG.FULL NOSEUP TRIM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40SN
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Minn-St Paul Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.