This report discusses the May 15, 2017, accident involving a Learjet 35A, N452DA, operated by Trans-Pacific Air Charter, LLC, that departed controlled flight while on a circling approach to runway 1 at Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, New Jersey, and impacted a commercial building and parking lot. The pilot-in-command (PIC) and the second-in-command died; no one on the ground was injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. Safety issues identified in this report include the need for flight data monitoring programs (and supporting recording devices) for 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 operators; the need for safety management systems for Part 135 operators; the need for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and implement procedures to identify Part 135 operators whose pilots do not comply with standard operating procedures (SOP); the need for Part 135 operators to monitor pilots with performance deficiencies; inadequate FAA guidance for Part 135 crew resource management training; the need for leadership training for Part 135 PICs; and the lack of approach speed wind additive guidance in Trans-Pacific SOPs. As a result of this investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board makes three new safety recommendations to the FAA, reiterates six safety recommendations, and reclassifies one recommendation.


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    Title :

    Departure From Controlled Flight, Trans-Pacific Air Charter, LLC, Learjet 35A, N452DA, Teterboro, New Jersey, May 15, 2017, NTSB/AAR-19/02


    Publication date :

    2019


    Size :

    146 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English