LEARJET 35A INVERTED DURING BANK TURN BEFORE ACCIDENT

A Royal Air Freight Learjet 35A had entered a 90-degree bank right turn during a right traffic approach pattern for landing and rolled over before turning nose down and crashing into the Des Plaines River near Chicago Jan. 5, killing both pilots aboard, according to witnesses. The aircraft, N720RA...

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