Lear Jet 24 N651LJ

Summary

On 3 January 1976 at about 17:58 local time, a Lear Jet 24 registered N651LJ, operated by Winship Air SE, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 8 people were on board and 6 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 January 1976 at 17:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Anchorage Intl

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Lear Jet 24

Registration

N651LJ

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Winship Air SE

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

S → Return

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-0822

6 people died.

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 DSCND BLO PUBLISHED MIN.LOW FUEL STATE.DIDNTREFUEL BFOR TKOF.OVERFLEW SUITABLE ARPTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.