Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 19 JAN 1979 |
| Time: | 19:34 EST |
| Type: | Learjet 25D |
| Operator: | Massey-Ferguson |
| Registration: | N137GL |
| C/n / msn: | 25-237 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 299 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CJ610-8A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Detroit-Metropolitan, MI (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | South Bend Regional, IN (SBN/KSBN), United States of America |
| Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), United States of America |
Rolled violently, lost control and crashed while on approach to runway 09 . Loss of control was caused by icing and/or preceding DC-9 wake vortex and/or a delayed application of engine thrust during an attempted go-around.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "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." Sources:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from South Bend Regional, IN to Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI as the crow flies is 250 km (156 miles).
Distance from South Bend Regional, IN to Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI as the crow flies is 250 km (156 miles).
