Lear Jet 25D N137GL
19 January 1979 · Detroit, Michigan, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 19 January 1979 at about 19:34 local time, a Lear Jet 25D registered N137GL, operated by Massey-Ferguso, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Detroit, Michigan, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:34
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Lear Jet 25D
- Registration
- N137GL
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Massey-Ferguso
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Corporate/Executive
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Des Moines, Ia → Toronto, Canada
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-4022
People
6 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT'S LOSS OF CTL MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ANY COMB OF WAKE TURBC, PREMATURE STALL, OR DELAYED PWR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Lear Jet 25 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul 1979 | Lear Jet 25B | Pueblo, Colorado, United States | Ultra Air | Fatal | 2 |
| 4 Dec 1978 | Lear Jet 25C | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Inlet Marine, I | Fatal | 5 |
| 11 Apr 1980 | Lear Jet 25B | Conlon, Texas, United States | Thunderbird AI | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Nov 1978 | Lear Jet 25B | Lafayette, Louisiana, United States | Rollins Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 7 Dec 1980 | Lear Jet 25 | Childress, Texas, United States | Continental OI | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Lear Jet 25 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Flight Trainin | Serious injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 1979 | Cessna 180 | Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States | Anderson Enter | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 1979 | Beechcraft P35 | Mormon Mesa, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Apr 1979 | Bell 47G2M | Guadalupe, California, United States | R & S Dusters | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1979 | Beechcraft F33A | Goodyear, Arizona, United States | Air Trng Centr | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 1979 | Piper PA-28 | Melbourne, Florida, United States | FIT Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 1979 | Piper PA-20 | Red Star, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |