Learjet 25 crash, Jun 18, 1994 (12 killed), Washington-Du...
Learjet 25 accident on June 18, 1994 near Washington-Dulles, Virginia, United States with 12 fatalities. Cause: The captain's poor decision making and...
- Date: June 18, 1994
- Aircraft: Learjet 25
- Location: Washington-Dulles, Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 12
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's poor decision making and airmanship in continuing an unstabilised instrument approach, with his relative inexperience and the lack of a ground proximity warning system as contributing factors.
A TAESA Learjet 25 was flying a charter with ten passengers and two crew. The captain flew two unstabilised ILS approaches to Dulles in instrument conditions without authority and then descended below the approach altitude. The aircraft hit terrain south of the runway and all 12 aboard were killed.