Learjet 31 crash, Jan 2, 2021, Diamantina-Juscelino Kubit...
Learjet 31 accident on January 2, 2021 near Diamantina-Juscelino Kubitschek, Minas Gerais, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Incorrect approach...
- Date: January 2, 2021
- Aircraft: Learjet 31
- Location: Diamantina-Juscelino Kubitschek, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Incorrect approach configuration and a continued unstabilized approach without a go around, with poor crew coordination, mutual over reliance and possible fatigue and alcohol effects on the pilot in command contributing.
A Learjet 31 on an ambulance flight from Sao Paulo Congonhas flew an unstabilized approach to Diamantina and touched down far down the runway. It could not stop, overran, and ended up in a ravine. All four occupants survived with minor injuries and the aircraft was written off.