Learjet 31 crash, Sep 2, 1997, Aberdeen-Amory
Learjet 31 accident on September 2, 1997 near Aberdeen-Amory, Mississippi, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Flight crew failure to extend the...
- Date: September 2, 1997
- Aircraft: Learjet 31
- Location: Aberdeen-Amory, Mississippi, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Flight crew failure to extend the landing gear.
A Learjet 31 positioning flight landed at Aberdeen with its landing gear retracted after the crew failed to lower it on the second approach. The jet slid about 3,000 feet and caught fire under the right wing root, which the crew could not put out with hand extinguishers. Both pilots escaped.