- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 22, 2001
Time: 1305
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Operator: Universal Jet Aviation
Flight #: ?
Route: Pittsburgh, PA - Baca Raton, Fl
AC Type: Learjet 25B
Registration: N5UJ
cn / ln: 25-088
Aboard: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Fatalities: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane was not able to gain altitude, veered off the runway and crashed. The (undetermined) pilot-at-the-controls' early, and over rotation of the airplane's nose during the takeoff attempt, and his failure to maintain directional control. Also causal, was the captain's inadequate remedial action, both during the takeoff attempt and after the airplane departed the runway.
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