Learjet 60 N1128M

Summary

On 22 October 2020 at about 03:55 local time, a Learjet 60 registered N1128M, operated by Worldwide Jet Charter Inc, was involved in an accident near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. 8 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.

Date

22 October 2020 at 03:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Wheeling, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK)

Coordinates

42.1142, -87.9014

Aircraft

Learjet 60

Registration

N1128M

Category

Airplane

Year built

2001

Engines

2

Operator

Worldwide Jet Charter Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cleveland → Wheeling

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DCA21LA011

Nobody was injured.

The flight crew's misidentification of the landing runway, which resulted in a runway overrun and the airplane’s impact with the airport perimeter fence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight crew of the nonscheduled air taxi airplane inadvertently landed on runway 30 instead of runway 34 at Chicago Executive Airport, Wheeling, Illinois. Before departure, the captain conducted a time-of-arrival landing distance assessment and calculated a factored landing distance of 4,790 ft. The landing distance available on runway 34 was 5,001 ft. During the visual approach to the airport, the flight crew misidentified runway 30 as runway 34; visually aligned with runway 30, which had an available landing distance of 3,983 ft; and used the runway 30 PAPI lights to provide vertical guidance to the runway. Sufficient landing distance was not available on runway 30, and the captain steered the airplane to the left after realizing that it would not be able to stop before the end of the runway surface. The airplane subsequently overran the runway and came to rest by the airport perimeter fence, causing substantial damage to the right wing. The flight crew did not recognize its runway alignment error until after landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.