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Aviation accident DCA08MA098

4 fatal · Learjet LR60 · 2008-09-20 · Columbia, SC, USA

Event

NTSB number
DCA08MA098
Event ID
20081003X16308
Type
Accident
Date
2008-09-20
Location
Columbia, SC, USA
Coordinates
33.999923, -81.029327

Injuries

Highest injury
FATL
Fatal
4
Serious
2
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
6

Aircraft

Make
Learjet
Model
LR60
Registration
N999LJ
FAR Part
135
Engines
2
Damage
DEST

Conditions

Light
NITE
Weather
VMC

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 Administration’s (FAA) certification of the Learjet Model 60’s thrust reverser system, which permitted the failure of critical systems in the wheel well area to result in uncommanded forward thrust that increased the severity of the accident; (2) the inadequacy of Learjet’s safety analysis and the FAA’s review of it, which failed to detect and correct the thrust reverser and wheel well design deficiencies after a 2001 uncommanded forward thrust accident; (3) inadequate industry training standards for flight crews in tire failure scenarios; and (4) the flight crew’s poor crew resource management (CRM).

Source

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