Learjet 35A accident near Marianna, FL
On April 5, 2000, a Learjet 35A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Marianna, FL. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 5, 2000
- Place
- Marianna, FL
- Aircraft
- Learjet 35A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.851°N, 85.229°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20873
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 5, 2000, at 0937 central daylight time a Learjet 35A, N86BE, operated by Bankair Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 training flight, crashed in the vicinity of Marianna, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The crew of two pilots and one passenger/pilot were fatally injured. The airplane initially departed from Opa Locka, Florida, at 0940 eastern daylight time, on the day of the accident. The purpose of this flight was for the commercial-rated pilot in the left seat to retake a Learjet type rating check ride he had failed on March 24, 2000. The airline transport-rated pilot in the right seat was a company check airman, and the commercial-rated pilot in the jump seat had no access to the controls. An employee at Chipola Aviation, where the check was to have been given, stated that, "...he set up an appointment for Bankair Inc. to have a check ride for [0800], April 5, 2000...on that date at approximately [0830] I realized that they had not arrived as yet...[I called] Bankair Inc. and ask[ed] what time their aircraft had left and what time it was expected here...a man (unknown)...said that they were running about an hour and a half late." When the flight arrived in the Marianna area the pilot canceled the IFR flight plan as the aircraft crossed the Marianna VOR and reported the airport in site. The last radio contact between N86BE and Cairns Army Radar Approach Control (ARAC) was at 0935:16. The crew did not report any problems before or during the accident flight. The dis
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while on final approach resulting in the airplane striking trees. Factors in this accident were: improper planning of the approach, and not obtaining the proper alignment with the runway.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
