Learjet 35 accident near Fort Lauderdale, FL
On November 20, 2013, a Learjet 35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fort Lauderdale, FL. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 20, 2013
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Aircraft
- Learjet 35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 26.163°N, 80.069°W
- NTSB ID
- 20131120X80518
Official records · ERA14FA045
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn November 19, 2013, at 1956 eastern standard time, a Learjet 35A, Mexican registry XA-USD, operated by Aero JL SA de CV, was destroyed when it collided with the Atlantic Ocean following a loss of control while returning for landing after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The commercial pilot and a physician on board were lost and presumed fatally injured. The copilot and a flight nurse were fatally injured. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the positioning flight, which was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The airplane had just completed an air ambulance flight for Air Evac International from San Jose, Costa Rica to FLL, and was repositioning back to its base in Cozumel, Mexico. Voice and radar information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed the airplane departed runway 10 at FLL about 1950 and climbed straight ahead. When the airplane reached an altitude of about 2,200 feet and a groundspeed of 200 knots, the copilot requested radar vectors from air traffic control (ATC) to get back to the runway due to an "engine failure." The controller directed the flight to maintain 4,000 feet and turn to a heading of 340 degrees. The copilot replied, "Not possible" and requested a 180-degree turn back to the airport. The controller acknowledged, but the airplane continued a gradual turn to the north as it slowed and descended. At 1952:34, the copilot declared a "m
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane following an inflight deployment of the left engine thrust reverser. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to perform the appropriate emergency procedures, the copilot's lack of qualification and capability to act as a required flight crewmember for the flight, and the inflight deployment of the left engine thrust reverse
From Wikipedia
On November 19, 2013, an Air Evac Learjet 35A crashed after take-off from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport. The aircraft was performing a ferry flight from Fort Lauderdale to Cozumel International Airport in Mexico. All four occupants on board were killed.
Text from Wikipedia, “2013 Florida Learjet 35 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.
