- Date
- November 17, 1988, 07:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N143CKGates Learjet 25B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881117050969A
- Case key
- 40958
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot visually inspected the runway while making a low pass. He reported afterward that he saw no evidence of ice or snow on the runway. The copilot called UNICOM but was told, while the aircraft was on short final, that the winds were calm and the favored runway was 16. The copilot did not ask UNICOM about the existing runway conditions. During landing roll, about 2,000 feet beyond the landing threshold, the aircraft began to fish tail and skid. The pilot was unable to stop the aircraft and an overrun occurred. During the overrun, the aircraft struck a barbed wire fence and then came to rest in a ditch. After the accident, black ice was found to be present on the last one half of the runway. This aircraft was not equipped with thrust reversers. The drag chute was placarded inoperative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N143CK
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 25B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 143
- Airframe hours
- 7,631
- Engine
- GE CJ610-6, 2,650 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Pacific Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 20, 1988 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Destination
- S07 · Bend, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- S07 · Bend Municipal, runway 16, 5,000 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,753 total · 2,573 in this make and model · 8,303 as pilot in command · 148 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.