Learjet 35 crash, Apr 20, 2021 (1 killed), Belo Horizonte...
Learjet 35 accident on April 20, 2021 near Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Minas Gerais, Brazil with 1 fatality. Cause: The crew...
- Date: April 20, 2021
- Aircraft: Learjet 35
- Location: Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew failed to lower the landing gear and ignored the gear warning, with poor crew resource management and an unqualified pilot in command as contributing factors.
A Learjet 35 on a local training flight at Belo Horizonte Pampulha made a touch and go approach to runway 13 without lowering the landing gear. It slid on its belly, overran, went through the perimeter fence and stopped against trees. The 76 year old copilot was killed and the two other pilots were injured; CENIPA investigated.