Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Roanoke Reg. Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Roanoke, Virginia 24012
Thursday, March 23, 1989 20:15 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE ACFT OVERRAN THE END OF RWY 06 (6800 FT LONG) FOLLOWING AN LDA APCH. IT CONTACTED A DIRT BERM AT THE END OF THE GRASS OVERRUN AND CATAPULTED INTO THE AIR. THE CAPT HAD ADVANCED THE POWER LEVERS TO FULL PWR FOR GO-AROUND AFTER THEY SEEMED TO GET NO SPOILERS AND THRUST REVERSAL. BOTH CREWMEMBERS STATED THAT THE CO-PLT MADE THE INITIAL LANDING. THE ACFT GAINED FLYING SPEED AS THE TERRAIN DROPPED OFF. THE ACFT WAS CLIMBED TO 6000 FT TO ACCESS DAMAGE AND TWO TWR FLY-BYS WERE MADE TO CK THE LANDING GEAR. THE TWR REPORTED NO GEAR IN SIGHT. A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND ON RWY 33 FOR THE BEST OVERRUN. THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT LNDG GEAR AND SLID THE LENGTH OF THE RWY AND CONTINUED 200 FT OFF THE DEPARTURE END ON THE GRASS. ANOTHER PLT WITNESS STATED THAT N29FN HAD BEEN LANDED 'FAST AND HIGH'. POST ACC EXAM AND TESTING OF THE ACFT PRODUCED NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE SYSTEMS.THE LNDG GEAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN SEPARATED DURING THE FIRST LANDING WHEN THE ACFT CATAPULTED OFF THE DIRT BERM.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
CO-PILOTS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN AN OVERRUN LANDING. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE CAPTAINS POOR SUPERVISION OF THE APPROACH AND LANDING.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/23/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 2015 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | ROANOKE |
| Event State | VIRGINIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 24012 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | ROANOKE REG. |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ROA |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 1176 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2022 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ROA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1176 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 1500 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 800 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 4 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 1 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 50 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Light |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 724 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 23 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2100 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 40228 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 12:31PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N29FN |
| NTSB Number | BFO89FA024 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Learjet |
| Aircraft Model | 25 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 25 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 25-018 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 15000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 10 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Feb 19 1989 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 85 |
| Airframe Hours | 7878 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | FLT. INT'L. OF FLORIDA, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | AIR KAMAN BUILDING |
| Aircraft Owner City | JACKSONVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 32229 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | PATRICK HENRY AIRPORT |
| Operator City | NEWPORT NEWS |
| Operator State | VA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 23602 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | PHF |
| Departure City | NEWPORT NEWS |
| Departure State | VA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1845 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 6 |
| Runway Length | 6800 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |