Learjet 36A C-FEMT
20 September 2012 · New Haven, Connecticut, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 September 2012 at about 18:02 local time, a Learjet 36A registered C-FEMT, operated by Fox Flight, Inc., was involved in an accident near New Haven, Connecticut, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:02
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Nearest airport
- Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN)
- Coordinates
- 41.2581, -72.8867
- Aircraft
- Learjet 36A
- Registration
- C-FEMT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Fox Flight, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 129: Foreign
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Haven → Goose Bay
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA12CA592
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
An inadvertent collision with a deer during the takeoff roll.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot, during the takeoff roll, he noticed two deer on the right side of the runway that were moving into the path of the airplane. He aborted the takeoff and applied maximum braking, but the airplane subsequently struck a deer with the right wing, resulting in substantial damage to the spar. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Airport personnel indicated that deer are not a known problem at the airport and that postaccident discussions between airport personnel and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are underway to install a full airport perimeter fence. In addition, the airport readjusted the agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Management Division in order to improve wildlife hazard mitigation strategies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Learjet 36 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2007 | Learjet 36 | Bismarck, North Dakota, United States | Intermap Technologies | No injuries | - |
| 1 Dec 2006 | Learjet 36 | San Diego, California, United States | L-3 Communications Flight Internata | No injuries | - |
| 3 Dec 2002 | Learjet 36A | Astoria, Oregon, United States | Phoenix Air | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1998 | Learjet 36A | Al Manamah, Bahrain | Medical Jets International Inc | No injuries | - |
| 6 Mar 1998 | Learjet 36A | Bahrain | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Dec 1996 | Learjet 36 | Stephenville, Ireland | Chrysler Aviation, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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