Learjet LR60 accident near Columbia, SC
On September 20, 2008, a Learjet LR60 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Columbia, SC. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 20, 2008
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Aircraft
- Learjet LR60 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.000°N, 81.029°W
- NTSB ID
- 20081003X16308
Official records · DCA08MA098
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3-Excerpts From FAA ATC Accident Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3-Runway Turn Note Documentation: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3-Cae 180 Turns-ATC Training: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
The NTSB’s full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-10/02. On September 19, 2008, about 2353 eastern daylight time, a Bombardier Learjet Model 60, N999LJ, owned by Inter Travel and Services, Inc., and operated by Global Exec Aviation, overran runway 11 during a rejected takeoff at Columbia Metropolitan Airport, Columbia, South Carolina. The captain, the first officer, and two passengers were killed; two other passengers were seriously injured. The nonscheduled domestic passenger flight to Van Nuys, California, was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed.
Probable cause
The operator’s inadequate maintenance of the airplane’s tires, which resulted in multiple tire failures during takeoff roll due to severe underinflation, and the captain’s execution of a rejected takeoff (RTO) after V1, which was inconsistent with her training and standard operating procedures. Contributing to the accident were (1) deficiencies in Learjet’s design of and the Federal Aviation Admin
From Wikipedia
On the night of September 19, 2008, a Learjet 60 business jet (registration N999LJ) operating for Global Exec Aviation, crashed during take-off from Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina.
Four of the six people on board died in the crash. The survivors, musician Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, were critically injured. The jet had been due to fly Barker, Goldstein, and their entourage to Van Nuys, California, after their TRV$DJAM band's performance at a concert in Five Points.
Text from Wikipedia, “2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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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.
