Learjet 24 crash, May 7, 1986, North Perry
Learjet 24 accident on May 7, 1986 near North Perry, Florida, United States with no fatalities. Cause: An airframe or system malfunction during the...
- Date: May 7, 1986
- Aircraft: Learjet 24
- Location: North Perry, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: An airframe or system malfunction during the landing roll, with an empty hydraulic reservoir and no air charge in the accumulators; poor preflight by the pilot in command was a contributing finding.
A Learjet 24 operated for My Wife Yacht Sales was landing at North Perry, Florida on 7 May 1986 when the brakes failed on the landing roll. The jet left the left side of the runway and struck a fence around a ballpark, and no one was killed.