Learjet 35A Teterboro Approach Crash • NTSB Animation

on May 15 2017 about 3:20 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time a Learjet 35 a departed control flight while flying the ILS runway 6 circled the land runway 1 approach at the Teterboro Airport in Peterborough New Jersey the captain and the second command died no one on the ground was injured the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and Polus crash fire the part 91 positioning flight departed the Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia Pennsylvania bound for Teterboro about 3 or 4 p.m. the straight-line distance from Philadelphia to tear de borough was about 80 nautical miles and the flight lasted about 25 minutes the flight to Teterboro was the crew's third and last planned trip for the day company had designated the second command as a second command zero which meant that he could only perform pilot monitoring duties company policy required the captain to always be the pilot fine when flying with a second-in-command however the cockpit voice recording indicated the second command was the pilot flying for all but the final 15 seconds of the accident flight for most of the flight the captain instructed the second-in-command in flying the airplane including flight basics such as altitude and airspeed the cockpit voice recording also indicated that the crew failed to complete any of the required checklist during the flight contrary to publish guidance and company manuals the captain filed an instrument flight rules flight plan which requested altitude of 27,000 feet for a planned distance of about 120 nautical miles with an estimated time and route of 28 minutes the crews plan route is depicted in white air traffic control cleared them to fly at 4,000 feet they were cleared for a slightly shorter route shown in blue the white arrow indicates the airplanes position and heading and the magenta line shows the airplanes actual ground track during the climb and level off at 4,000 feet the captain instructed the second command to keep the airspeed below the FAA restriction of 250 knots for flight below 10,000 feet radar data indicated that the crew exceeded the airspeed restriction multiple times during the 25 minute flight about 8 minutes into the flight when the airplane was only about 50 4 miles from the Teterboro Airport the captain requested a higher altitude not realizing how close they were to the airport the controller denied the request saying would require the airplane be turned away from Teterboro to be resequenced you know for 5q Delta alpha unable higher I would have to spend you back around and sequence you with the rest of the traffic going in peterborough about 2 minutes later when the airplane was about 48 nautical miles from the to dubrow Airport air traffic control began vectoring the airplane for the ILS runway 6 circled to runway 1 approach to the Teterboro Airport 3 or 4 5 - doctor - New York approach they were consummated - 9 - 7 5 fighting zero - zero like your ILS 6 circle 1 ok we got a 2 Niner Niner or excuse me what was that again say that again for 400 over 2 meters to 907 5 in Newark we are - Delta alpha fighting zero to zero vector is 6 circle 1 ok here a to zero I think I'll [Applause] the cockpit voice recording indicated that the captain questioned the reason for the vector is an assigned approach because he told the second command that they were still hundreds of miles away about 26 seconds later air traffic control gave a descent clearance there to doctor a placenta maintain three thousand three thousand after acknowledging that clearance the captain realized that they're close to Teterboro and stated that they would be a Peterborough in ten minutes air traffic control began providing radar vectors to intercept the localizer inbound course later 2004 flatting is zero-niner-zero intercept of 6 localizer contact new york approach one to seven point six hey let's eat up collect six fly heading to nine zero to intercept the six and if you feel like you Java while attempting to join the localizer the second command mistook the Newark International Airport for Teterboro and told the captain that he had the runway in sight the airplane flew through the localizer course of zero six zero degrees and shortly after air traffic control stated the following widget two thousand shooters of below plus four by two Delta clergy to delve a left turn 20 honey features we got it for myself the airplane turn left and intercepted the localizer inbound air traffic control then directed the flight to the waypoint bings Lear did to Delta alpha just go - go - Vince can you do that things in some localizer 6 5 2015 while the airplane was inbound to things the second command attempted to transfer the controls to the captain but the captain did not respond and the second command continued to fly the approach air traffic control cleared the airplane for the approach polar jet 4 5 2008 miles from dings crosswinds add to 2,000 feet but hours from Li 6 circle only one okay clear the iOS 6 circle 1 beings 2004 5 mm the pilots did not conduct an approach briefing before beginning the approach contrary to publish guidance and company manuals the captain stated to the second command that they'd be circling to runway 1 and would be descending to the circling minimums of 760 feet the Teterboro Airport is located in either Newark John F Kennedy and LaGuardia airports to avoid conflicts with those airports aircraft landing at Teterboro when the wind is from the north are often vectored to approach from the West then circled to land to the north on runway one the white line shows the ground tracks of previous aircraft flying the same circling approach that was assigned to the accident airplane on the day of the accident the wind was from the Northwest at 16 to 20 knots gusting to 32 knots the initial approach clearance issued to the airplane was to fly the ILS runway six circle to annoy one airplanes flying this approach were typically told to circle act or B which was three point eight nautical miles from the approach end of runway six after tour B they would turn right and visually fly toward MetLife Stadium and then turn left to line up with runway one about three minutes after receiving the approach clearance air traffic control instructed the flight to do three things one contact Teterboro tower to cross dandy at 1,500 feet three circle at Tobey we're did to Delta alpha contacted about terrible at 0.5 shoot across dandy 50 under feet circulatory right and a few hundred feet circles for be 95 450 Delta dandy 1500 feet to Delta 2015 for my pigtailed Devon the flight crew acknowledged these instructions but failed to do all three first they did not contact the tower second the airplane crossed Andy at 2,000 feet instead of 1,500 feet third they did not turn at Toby from this point on the movement of the white airplane symbol and radio communications occur in real time as airplane crossed or be the captain continued to instruct the second command improperly directing him to descend to the minimum descent altitude of 760 feet while the airplane continued straight toward runway 6 instead of turning right at tour B and proceeding visually to the runway one and a half minutes later the crew still had not switched to the tower radio frequency until told a second time by air traffic control - Delta alpha contacted about our 1955 for my 2000 the captain continued to instruct the second command to descend the 760 feet instead of contacting the tower four five two alpha Q to return that we're up certainly now one to go Peppa Julia for five two thousand three six zero one six three two one one continue traffic will do musician prefer to Delta alpha the airplane continued toward the airport as a captain instructed the second command to stop the descent there to death out there only one quit once a person now we're going to be a chatty aviation 4 by 2 Delta crew delenn one when the airplane was about 1 nautical miles from the end of runway 6 the tower questioned the crew about the turn he's lending five dogs being snort that Stern yes sir we're doing it right now for thick stuff top while starting the turn to the right the second command told the captain your flight controls but the captain did not respond the airplane lost 300 feet in the turn and the enhanced ground proximity warning system sounded 500 feet and the sink rate pull up the second command asked the captain to take the flight controls again and finally the captain took the controls directed the second command to watch the airspeed and began a high bank left turn to runway one during the turn the second command called airspeed four times the captain called out stall as the second command agreed and repeated airspeed twice the enhanced ground proximity warning system sounded sink rate pull up a security camera captured the airplane as it impacted the ground at a right-bank angle of about 125 degrees the airplane crashed in the parking lot less than one mile southeast of the Teterboro Airport about 15 seconds after the captain took the controls

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Length: 10min 15sec (615 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 12 2019