Learjet 24 crash, Sep 26, 1999, Gainesville-Lee Gilmer
Learjet 24 accident on September 26, 1999 near Gainesville-Lee Gilmer, Georgia, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Inadequate inspection of the...
- Date: September 26, 1999
- Aircraft: Learjet 24
- Location: Gainesville-Lee Gilmer, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Inadequate inspection of the main landing gear brakes, which were worn beyond limits, led to brake failure on landing. Terrain, the road and the ditch were contributing factors.
A Learjet 24A on a flight from Sarasota to Gainesville had its brakes fail during the landing roll. The jet ran off the end of the runway, down an embankment and across a four-lane road before stopping in a drainage ditch. No one was killed.