- Date
- August 17, 1983, 07:24 local (11:24 UTC)
- Place
- Wilmington, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N108PAGates Learjet 25B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830817075699A
- Case key
- 35073
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After lift-off a flock of birds approached from left to right at about 400 ft. the plt maneuvered the acft behind & above the birds in an attempt to avoid them. Both engs flamed out & the acft mde a forced landing on a road. Ground witnesses described the climbout as '...very steep...' & '...a steep angle, between 40 and 45 degrees.' There was some bird residue on the engs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N108PA
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 25B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 195
- Airframe hours
- 4,758
- Engine
- GE C5610-6, 2,950 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Northeast Jet Co.
- Registered owner
- I.J.A., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 28, 1983 · 38 hours before
- Destination
- DAN · Danville, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ILG · Greater Wilmington, runway 27, 7,165 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,304 total · 1,420 in this make and model · 4,304 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 68 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILG, 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.