- Date
- July 26, 1988, 07:40 local (11:40 UTC)
- Place
- Morristown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N442NELearjet 35A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880726028009A
- Case key
- 34649
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The crew was positioning the aircraft in preparation for a revenue flight and executing a non-directional beacon (NDB) apch to rwy 05. The captain reported that the copilot was flying the acft. However, the capt stated that he took controlof the acft during the apch and made some control corrections before returning control of the acft to the copilot. Radardata indicated that acft control was erratic throughout the apch and that the airspeed and descent rates were high (3000 fpm sink rate) shortly before the accident. The acft struck a fence short of the rwy and impacted the ground. The capt said he realized the acft was drifting left of course but did not correct it. He said he told the copilot to add power twice during the apch. The copilot's training history indicated difficulty in control, scan of instruments, and with instrument procedures. Company management described the capt as passive and the copilot as aggressive. Supervision of tng and operations by management and surveillance of the company by the FAA was considered inadequate by NTSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N442NE
- Reported as
- Learjet 35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 442
- Airframe hours
- 4,274
- Engine
- Garrett TFE-731-22B, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Northeast Jet Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 29, 1988 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- ABE · Allentown, PA
- Destination
- MMU · Morristown, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MMU · Morristown, runway 5, 5,999 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,810 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 3,010 as pilot in command · 159 in the last 90 days · 53 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MMU, 1 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.