Learjet 35 crash, Jul 13, 2004, Nevis-Newcastle-Vance W....
Learjet 35 accident on July 13, 2004 near Nevis-Newcastle-Vance W. Amory, Saint Kitts and Nevis with no fatalities. Cause: Pilot's encounter with a...
- Date: July 13, 2004
- Aircraft: Learjet 35
- Location: Nevis-Newcastle-Vance W. Amory, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot's encounter with a downdraft on final approach.
A Learjet 35A air ambulance flight from Sint Maarten to Nevis encountered a downdraft on short final for runway 10. Despite added power and pitch the aircraft kept sinking, its main gear struck the barbed wire fence short of the threshold, and it then taxied in under control. No one was injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.