Accidents
NTSB Docket: Copilot Flew Accident Leg, Against Policy
Learjet 35A that crashed on circling approach at Teterboro Airport wasn't authorized to be flown by copilot under company rules.

The captain of the Trans-Pacific Jets Learjet 35A that crashed during a circling approach to Runway 1 at Teterboro Airport on May 15, 2017, violated company policy by allowing the copilot to be the pilot flying (PF) on the accident leg, according to a newly opened NTSB docket file. Both pilots were killed when the twinjet broke apart and burst into flames on impact in a crowded warehouse area in Carlstadt, New Jersey. No passengers were on board and no one on the ground was injured.


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