- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 25, 1999 |
Time: | 1120 |
Location: | Aberdeen, South Dakota |
Operator: | Private charter |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Orlando, FL - Dallas, TX |
AC Type: | Gates Learjet 35 |
Registration: | N47BA |
cn / ln: | 060 |
Aboard: | 6 (passengers:4 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 6 (passengers:4 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane scheduled to fly from Orlando, Florida to Dallas, Texas flew out of control for 1,500 miles before nose-diving into a grassy farm field in South Dakota, after running out of fuel. The plane's altitude varied between 22,000 and 51,000 feet during the flight. A possible pressurization failure, as indicated by frosted windows, observed by fighter jet pilots trailing the plane, may have killed all aboard. Pro golfer, Payne Stewart, 42, killed. Incapacitation of the flight crewmembers as a result of their failure to receive supplemental oxygen following a loss of cabin pressurization, for undetermined reasons. Possible contributing factor: The emergency checklist was written in such a way that it did not direct the crew first don their face masks. |
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