| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 19, 2003 |
| Time: | 1710 |
| Location: | Del Rio, Texas |
| Operator: | Ameristar Jet Charter |
| Flight #: | 982 |
| Route: | El Paso - Del Rio |
| AC Type: | Learjet 25B |
| Registration: | N666TW |
| cn / ln: | 25-116 |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | After touching down the aircraft did not brake correctly and overran the runway, crashed into a cemetery and burst into flames. The pilot's misjudged distance and speed during the approach to landing, and his failure to obtain the proper touchdown point resulting in an overrun. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to abort the landing. |
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