Gates Learjet 24D N456JA
23 October 1985 · Juneau, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 23 October 1985 at about 04:43 local time, a Gates Learjet 24D registered N456JA was involved in an accident near Juneau, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 04:43
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Juneau, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Juneau Intl (JNU)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Gates Learjet 24D
- Registration
- N456JA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Anchorage → Juneau
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- Unk
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- SEA86MA018
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 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
DRG ARRIVAL TO PICK UP A MED-EVAC PATIENT, THE FLT WAS CLRD FOR AN LDA-1 RWY 8 APCH VIA THE ASORT TRANSITION. THUS, THE PLT SHOULD HAVE CONTD SE ON J-541 TWD THE SSR VORTAC & INTERCEPTED THE LOCALIZER (LOC) AT ASORT; THEN TRACK INBND ON THELOC (062 DEG), USING I-JDL FREQ 109.9 MHZ (FREQ FOR LOC & CO-LOCATED DME). AFTER ASORT, MIN ALT WAS 6500' TO DIBOL INTX,5100' TO LYNNS INTXN & 3400' TO THE FAF AT BARLO INTXN. DME FM I-JDL TO THE INTXNS WAS: 18.2, 13.5 & 8 MI. DME FM SSR (SOUTH OF LOC TRACK) TO THE INTXNS WAS 11.2, 12.7 & APRX 16 MI. FLT RPRTD ASORT INBND WHILE DSCNDG THRU APRX 9500'. LASTRDO CALL WAS 30 SEC LATER WHILE DSCNDG THRU 8200', 14 MI WEST OF DIBOL. APRX 4 MI WEST OF DIBOL, ACFT IMPACTED MTN SIDE AT 3500' MSL. NO PREIMPACT MECH MALFUNCTION WAS FND. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH NAV'S WERE TUNED TO 109.9 MHZ, BUT DME CTL HEAD WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT IN 'HOLD' PSN (LOCKING DME TO SSR RATHER THAN I-JDL) & CREW BEGAN A PREMATURE DSCNT.JUNEAU WX WAS IN PART: 600' SCATTERED, 3000' OVERCAST, 7 MI VISIBILITY. PIC WAS CURRENTLY FLYING BOTH LEARJET & DHC-7.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 1985 | Gates Learjet 24D | Gulkana, Alaska, United States | ERA Helicopters, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 9 Oct 1984 | Gates Learjet 24B | San Francisco, California, United States | Clay Lacy AV Inc | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 Nov 1984 | Gates Learjet 24F | St. Thomas | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 26 Jan 1983 | Gates Learjet 24 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | Epps Air Service, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 12 May 1982 | Gates Learjet 24B | Ft. Myer, Florida, United States | Delaware Victor Air Service | No injuries | - |
| 11 Dec 2001 | Gates Learjet 24D | Sierra Blanca, Texas, United States | Air Cargo Express Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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