# NTSB NYC86LA202: Learjet 55, N921FP, Rutland, VT, August 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1986, 14:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place: Rutland, VT
- Location: 43.5297° N, 72.9496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUTLAND/SOUTHERN VERMONT RGNL (RUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5297&lon=-72.9496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30398
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30398/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA202

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - light condition - daylight
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE LEAR 55 TAXIED OUT FOR TAKEOFF AND INADVERTENTLY ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF ON THE WRONG RUNWAY. WHEN HE REALIZED HIS MISTAKE, HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF BECAUSE HE KNEW THE RUNWAY LENGTH WAS SIGNIFICENTLY LESS THAN HIS REQUIRED FIELD LENGTH. INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY ALSO REMAINED FOR THE ABORTED TAKEOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A STONE WALL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND THE CO-PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHILE THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N921FP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Learjet 55
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 55-103
- Airframe hours: 901
- Engines: GARRETT TFE-731-2-2B 3500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Operator: Executive Air Fleet Corp.
- Registered owner: Federal Paper Board Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, March 31, 1986
- Destination: TEB, TETERBORO, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: RUT, Rutland, runway 31, 3,207 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 7,900 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 5,300 as pilot in command, 145 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 81 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860806037769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860806037769A), Aug 6, 1986: Lear 55LEAR, Rutland, VT, Destroyed. The aircraft overran the runway during an abort. The pilot mistakenly used a short runway, forcing the abort.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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