On January 19, 1979, at 1934 eastern standard time, a Learjet Model 25D (N137GL) crashed while landing on runway 9 at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, Michigan. The airplane was returning executives of Massey-Ferguson, Inc., to South Bend, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan; and Toronto, Canada, following a meeting at the company's headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. During the descent, the aircraft flew in light to moderate, occasionally severe icing conditions. Shortly before the Learjet was to land, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 was cleared for takeoff. Witnesses saw the Learjet cross the threshold in a normal landing attitude and seconds later roll violently. The airplane was in a steep right bank when the wing tip tank struck the runway 2,640 ft from the threshold and the airplane burst into flames. The two pilots and four passengers were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot's loss of control. The loss of control may have been caused by wake turbulence of a departing aircraft, by a premature stall caused by an accumulation of wing ice, by a delayed application of engine thrust during an attempted go-around, or by any combination of these factors.
Aircraft Accident Report - Massey-Ferguson, Inc., Gates Learjet 25D, N137GL, Detroit, Michigan, January 19, 1979
1980
34 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Aircraft accidents , Accident investigations , Crash landing , Runways , Ice formation , Wakes , Turbulence , Stalling , Casualties , Aircraft fires , Passenger aircraft , Learjet 25 aircraft , Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport , Detroit(Michigan)
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