Accident: Learjet 35A
May 15, 2017 · Teterboro, NJ
NTSB numberCEN17MA183Event id20170515X80533
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's (PIC) attempt to salvage an unstabilized visual approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the PIC's decision to allow an unapproved second-in-command to act as pilot flying, the PIC's inadequate and incomplete preflight planning, and the flight crew's lack of an approach briefing. Also contributing to the accident were Trans-Pacific Jets' lack of safety programs that would have enabled the company to identify and correct patterns of poor performance and procedural noncompliance and the Federal Aviation Administration's ineffective Safety Assurance System procedures, which failed to identify these company oversight deficiencies.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Learjet 35A
- Registration
- N452DA
- Year built
- 1981
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-circling (IFR) Aerodynamic stall/spin
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Teterboro Airport (TEB)1 nm (2 km) north
- New York Skyports Inc Seaplane Base (NYS)7 nm (13 km) south-east
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA)9 nm (17 km) east
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