2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash

2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash
The remains of N999LJ
Accident
DateSeptember 19, 2008 (2008-09-19)
SummaryRunway overrun due to maintenance error and pilot error
Site2860 Edmund Highway, near Columbia Metropolitan Airport, West Columbia, South Carolina, United States
33°56′13″N 81°06′18″W / 33.937°N 81.105°W / 33.937; -81.105
Aircraft
Aircraft typeLearjet 60
OperatorGlobal Exec Aviation[1]
RegistrationN999LJ
Flight originColumbia Metropolitan Airport, Columbia, South Carolina
DestinationVan Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, California
Occupants6
Passengers4
Crew2
Fatalities4
Injuries2
Survivors2

On the night of September 19, 2008, a Learjet 60 business jet (registration N999LJ)[2] operating for Global Exec Aviation, crashed during take-off from Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina.[3][4]

Four of the six people on board died in the crash. The survivors, musician Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, were critically injured.[5] The jet had been due to fly Barker, Goldstein, and their entourage to Van Nuys, California, after their TRV$DJAM band's performance at a concert in Five Points.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Smith was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "FAA Registry (N999LJ)". Federal Aviation Administration.
  3. ^ "Crew in crash died of burns, smoke inhalation". Today.com. NBC News Digital. Associated Press. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  4. ^ Kinnard, Meg (October 22, 2008). "Experts: Pilots of doomed Learjet should've lifted off SC runway instead of trying to stop". NewsDay. Associated Press.
  5. ^ Boucher, Geoff; Oldham, Jennifer (September 20, 2008). "Former Blink-182 drummer, popular DJ survive plane crash that killed 4". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 21, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference CBS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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