Poor Tire Care, Rejected Takeoff Blamed For Learjet 60 Accident

The National Transportation Safety Board last week determined that inadequate tire maintenance and the captain’s decision to abort takeoff after reaching V1 speed as the probable causes of the Sept. 19, 2008, fatal runway excursion of a Global Exec Aviation Learjet 60 in Columbia, S.C. Visual...

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