Learjet 35 crash, Feb 8, 2001 (3 killed), Nuremberg
Learjet 35 accident on February 8, 2001 near Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany with 3 fatalities. Cause: Left engine failure caused by high pressure turbine...
- Date: February 8, 2001
- Aircraft: Learjet 35
- Location: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Left engine failure caused by high pressure turbine disk fractures after exceeded cycle limits, followed by an inadequate single-engine landing procedure that ended in a stall.
A Learjet 35A on a ferry flight from Nuremberg to Rome lost its left engine about three minutes after takeoff. The crew flew a single-engine approach back to runway 10, and the aircraft stalled at low height on short final and crashed into a forest. All three occupants died. The engine failed from a turbine disk fracture after cycle limits had been exceeded because of incorrect service life records.