Learjet Inc 60 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 23, 2026
There are 405 Learjet Inc 60 airframes on record (built 1980–2013), 235 currently registered. 8 have one or more NTSB accident records (8 records total, 2 with a fatal highest-injury classification). Data as of Jul 23, 2026.
Recent Learjet Inc 60 accidents
The Hop-a-Jet flight crew taking off without a takeoff clearance which resulted in a conflict with a JetBlue flight that had been cleared to land on an intersecting runway.
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and substantial damage.
The flight crew’s failure to fully disengage the parking brake before taxi, which resulted in a brake fire.
Failure of the nosewheel steering computer strut servo for reasons that could not be determined or replicated during postincident testing.
The operator’s inadequate maintenance of the airplane’s tires, which resulted in multiple tire failures during takeoff roll due to severe underinflation, and the captain’s execution of a rejected takeoff (RTO) after V1, which was inconsistent with her training and standard operating procedures. Contributing to the accident were (1) deficiencies in Learjet’s design of and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) certification of the Learjet Model 60’s thrust reverser system, which permitted the failure of critical systems in the wheel well area to result in uncommanded forward thrust that increased the severity of the accident; (2) the inadequacy of Learjet’s safety analysis and the FAA’s review of it, which failed to detect and correct the thrust reverser and wheel well design deficiencies after a 2001 uncommanded forward thrust accident; (3) inadequate industry training standards for flight crews in tire failure scenarios; and (4) the flight crew’s poor crew resource management (CRM).
The LC-10 controller's failure to ensure the appropriate separation between two airplanes operating on runways where flight paths intersect.