2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash
Fatal air crash during take-off
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- On the night of September 19, 2008, a Learjet 60 business jet (registration N999LJ) operating for Global Exec Aviation, crashed during take-off from Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina.
- The survivors, musician Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, were critically injured.
- Aircraft and crew The aircraft involved was a Learjet 60 that had first flown in 2006, receiving its airworthiness certificate on December 14.
- 5 flight hours with 123 take off and landing cycles.
- Both pilots had joined Global Exec Aviation the same year of the accident.
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WikipediaOn the night of September 19, 2008, a Learjet 60 business jet (registration N999LJ) operating for Global Exec Aviation, crashed during take-off from Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina.
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. 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.
The aircraft involved was a Learjet 60 that had first flown in 2006, receiving its airworthiness certificate on December 14. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW305A turbofan engines and had 108.5 flight hours with 123 take off and landing cycles.
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