On May 6, 1982, at 1155:28 eastern daylight time(edt), while in cruise flight on Airway J79-121 en route to Orlando, Florida, from Teterboro, New Jersey, the flightcrew of N100TA, an IBEX Corporation Gates Learjet 23, was cleared by the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center to descend from its altitude of Flight Level 410 to Flight Level 390. The flightcrew acknowledged the clearance, and air traffic control observed the radar target descend. About 2 minutes later, the airplane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, from a steep, high-speed descent about 12 miles from Savannah, Georgia. The air traffic controller made several unsuccessful attempts to contact the airplane. The pilots had reported no difficulties in any of their radio transmissions. The pilot, copilot, and the two passengers on board were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was an uncontrolled descent from cruise altitude for undetermined reasons, from which a recovery was not or could not be effected.


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    Title :

    Aircraft Accident Report - IBEX Corporation Gates Learjet 23, N100TA, Atlantic Ocean Near Savannah, Georgia, May 6, 1982


    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    66 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English