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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX87LA279

1987-07-24 BERMUDA DUNES, California, United States Airport · UDD None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N44RM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LEARJET INC 60

Year of manufacture

1993

Engine

P&W CANADA 305 SERIES (5200 hp)

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20010608

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A549C7

Registrant of record

N44RM LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DRG A LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT A RAISED LIP AT THE APCH END OF THE RWY & FAILED. THE PLT HELD THE LEFT WING OFF THE RWY BY USING AILERON UNTIL THE ACFT SLOWED, THEN THE ACFT DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE. THE RWY LIP HAD BEEN CREATED BY CONSTRUCTION ON THE OVERRUN. A NOTAM HAD BEEN PUBLISHED CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION; HOWEVER, NO RECORD WAS FOUND TO INDICATE THE PLT HAD RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING OR HAD CHECKED THE NOTAMS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_LAX87LA279.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.