Gates Learjet 36A N79SF

Summary

On 8 January 1988 at about 11:19 local time, a Gates Learjet 36A registered N79SF, operated by Phoenix Air, was involved in an accident near Monroe, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 January 1988 at 11:19

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Monroe Reg. (MLU)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Gates Learjet 36A

Registration

N79SF

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Phoenix Air

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Memphis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW88MA047

2 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

THE CREW WAS EXECUTING THE ILS APPROACH AND HAD TURNED BACK INBOUND ON THE PROCEDURE TURN TO THE OUTER MARKER WHEN THE CO-PILOT STATED THEY WERE 5.9 DME IN A CALM VOICE WITH NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. IMPACT WITH THE GROUND OCCURRED AT ABOUT 5.9 DME, APPROXIMATELY 10 STATUTE MILES FROM THE AIRPORT, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A SLIGHT NOSEUP, SLIGHT RIGHT WING DOWN ATTITUDE, WITH A HIGH VERTICAL RATE OF DESCENT, AND A HIGH FORWARD SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED. NO EVIDENCE OF A PRE-IMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ITS SYSTEMS COULD BE FOUND. THE COPILOT WAS NOT RATED IN THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD LOGGED A TOTAL OF 7.9 HOURS OF JET TIME IN HIS PERSONAL LOGBOOK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.