About 0514, eastern standard time, on March 30, 1983, Central Airlines Flight 27, a Gates Learjet model 25 (N51CA), with two pilots aboard crashed at Newark International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, during a landing attempt on runway 4 right. The airplane was destroyed by impact, and the two pilots died as a result of the accident. The airplane came to rest in a drainage ditch at the airport perimeter. A ground fire erupted near the latter portion of the impact area. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident were (a) loss of control following ground contact, (b) an unstabilized approach, and (c) impairment of the flightcrew's judgment, decisionmaking, and flying abilities by a combination of physiological and psychological factors.


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    Title :

    Aircraft Accident Report - Central Airlines Flight 27, Hughes Charter Air, Gates Learjet Model 25 (N51CA), Newark International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, March 30, 1983


    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    33 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English