Date: | Saturday 28 July 1984 |
Time: | 15:45 |
Type: | Learjet 25B |
Owner/operator: | Panorama Flight Service |
Registration: | N1JR |
MSN: | 25-188 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3168 hours |
Engine model: | GE 610 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME (WVL) -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME (WVL/KWVL) |
Destination airport: | White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Pitot tube covers not removed before departure. Takeoff was aborted after a stall warning and the aircraft overran by 100 feet and down a rough embankment which separated the landing gear.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
aircraft preflight..inadequate..pilot in command
remedial action..delayed..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
terrain condition..downhill
terrain condition..rough/uneven
airspeed indicator..disregarded..pilot in command
Sources:
NTSB
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