The captain’s decision to reject the takeoff after the airplane had accelerated beyond V1 and electronic system damage that resulted in forward thrust being produced when reverse thrust was selected are among the issues discussed by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in its final report on the fatal crash of a Learjet 60 in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., on Sept. 19, 2008.1
Based on findings that severely underinflated tires burst during the takeoff and shed debris into the wheel wells, damaging critical electronic sensors and hydraulic lines, the report also discusses the importance of, and procedures for, maintaining proper tire inflation (see “Pressure Check”).
The accident occurred in visual meteorological conditions shortly before midnight during an attempted takeoff from Runway 11 at C…
