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MIA85IA208

1985-07-05 · WEST PALM BCH, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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Factual narrative

A LEARIET 35 WAS CLEARED ON TO RUNWAY 09L AND HOLD, THE LEARJET CREW CONFIRMED WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS INTENDED FOR THEM AND TAXIED INTO POSITION AND HELD. PERSONNEL ON DUTY IN THE CONTROL TOWER THEN CLEARED A CESSNA 403 INTO POSITION AND HOLD ON RUNWAY 13. THE TOWER PERSONNEL THEN CLEARED THE LEARJET FOR DEPARTURE AND HE AKNOWLEDGED. BOTH AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AND MISSED EACH OTHER BY ABOUT 10 FT AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA STATED LATER THAT THE THOUGHT THE CLEARANCE WAS FOR HIM. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_MIA85IA208.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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