- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 19, 2003
Time: 1710
Location: Del Rio, Texas
Operator: Ameristar Jet Charter
Flight #: 982
Route: El Paso - Del Rio
AC Type: Learjet 25B
Registration: N666TW
cn / ln: 25-116
Aboard: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: After touching down the aircraft did not brake correctly and overran the runway, crashed into a cemetery and burst into flames. The pilot's misjudged distance and speed during the approach to landing, and his failure to obtain the proper touchdown point resulting in an overrun. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to abort the landing.
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