A LEAR 35 CAPT RPTED THAT HE STOPPED ACCELERATING BEFORE V1; THEN LOST CTL; ENDING UP IN THE GRASS NEXT TO RWY 26 AT LNS; PA.

Date: 2004-06 · Aircraft: Learjet 35 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: ground-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|ground-excursion-runway|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence

Synopsis

A LEAR 35 CAPT RPTED THAT HE STOPPED ACCELERATING BEFORE V1; THEN LOST CTL; ENDING UP IN THE GRASS NEXT TO RWY 26 AT LNS; PA.

Narrative

MY CO-PLT AND MYSELF REPOSITIONED 1 ACFT FROM ZZZ1 TO LNS. ONCE WE ARRIVED IN LNS; WE SWAPPED ACFT. WE PERFORMED A PREFLT ON THE LJ35; AS WELL AS A PREFLT WX BRIEFING. DURING THE WX BRIEFING; WE BECAME AWARE OF 4 TSTMS THAT WAS IN CLOSE PROX TO LNS ARPT. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TAXI FOR DEP. ONCE WE BEGAN TO TAXI FOR RWY 26; HVY RAIN BEGAN. THE TWR GAVE US CLRNC TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 26. ONCE IN POS; WE BEGAN TO OBSERVE THE RADAR. AS A RESULT; WE WAITED IN POS FOR APPROX 15 OR 20 MINS FOR THE TSTM TO SUBSIDE. AFTER HVY RAIN TURNED INTO LIGHT RAIN AND THE VISIBILITY ON THE ARPT IMPROVED; WE DECIDED; AS A CREW; TO DEPART RWY 26 LATE AT NIGHT. ON THE TKOF ROLL; APPROX 5-10 KTS BELOW V1; THE ACFT QUIT ACCELERATING AND DIRECTIONAL CTL WAS COMPROMISED AND THE DECISION TO ABORT THE TKOF WAS MADE. THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP APPROX 50 FT L OF THE CTRLINE IN THE GRASS. AT THAT POINT; THE ACFT WAS EVACED. WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE ACFT TO THE ARPT TERMINAL AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE PHONE CALLS.

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