Fort Wayne – Muscatine

On January 16, 1997 at 02:28 PM, Fort Wayne – Muscatine experienced a crash involving Learjet 24, operated by Air Cargo Express, with the event recorded near Muscatine Iowa.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. According to the pilot, the airplane '...began moving to the left side of the runway...' immediately upon touchdown. He attempted to abort the landing but the airplane contacted snow at the runway's left edge. The airplane exited the runway's left edge and slid sideways, about 300 yards.

Aircraft reference details include registration N991TD, MSN 24-124, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.4776°, -91.1210°.