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Th e

flight started as most do.

John

Lawrence

was a

pilot

with

Civil

A ir

Inc,

a

fractional ownership company

flying a

fleet

of 23

Lear 35As. Last night, Jo hn and his co -pilot Kelly

Phillips repositioned

the Lear,

from

their home b ase in Richmond, for an early morning departur e

from

Dulles.

Both pilots s pent a somewhat restful night at a local hotel, and arrived at Hawthorne

Flight

service

on the northwest

ramp

of

Dulles International.

The

taxi dropped them

off at

Hawthorne s

curbside

entrance.

A

short

walk later and they were checking

with

the fixed based operator to ensure that the

breakfast

trays

as well as the

coffee

an d beverage service ha d been loaded on the jet.

After

catching

a

free

cup of

coffee

from

the

counter, both pilots heade d

off for the

flight

planning

room with

a

short stop

at the

maintenance

office

While they w eren t rushed,

the

passengers wou ldn t be arriving for an other 2 hours, they still had a number of task s to acco mplis h prior to

stepping

out the door. Just down the hall

from

the main counter was flight lin e main tenanc e. The jet had arrived basically code one, but John still wanted to

have

the number two engine

checked

prior to departure. While inflight from Richmond, the number two engine b ad been running a

little

high on

th e

EOT.

Usually that

engine

ran a

little cooler

than

number one,

but

yesterday

it was

running

a t about

650 F .

Still

within tolerances,

bu t

about 1 00 F high er than usual. Aft er landing, Hawthorne

wa s

asked to check the engine out and make sure everything was up to

speck.

After a few minu tes,

the

young lady behind the desk,

informed

them

that the

engine mechanic

had performed and engine run and had

found

everything to be within normal operating limits. John acc ept ed the repor t and heade d down to

flight

planning. Kelly was alread y there working the flight plan num bers and m anifest to the f light. He

informed

John that they would have

4

passengers

and

that

the

weight

and

balance

was

complete. Weather

was

going

to be a

prob lem tod ay

as the

cold

front

that

sho uld hav e already moved through

th e

area wa s stalled. The current observa tion was for a 500 c eiling, layered up to flight level 210

with

three quarters

of a

mile takeoff visibility.

After

passing

flight

level

21 0

they should

be in the

clear.

Th e

weather

to the

west

an d

their

final

destination

wa s

clear, John then

called

Leesburg an d

filed their IFR flight plan for a 10 00 departure.

At

0900,

the

four

passengers arrived an d

were met

by John Lawrence. Kelly ha d already stepped

to the

jet,

completed

the

pre-flight inspection

and was

making sure everything

was

ready

for

their guests.

After

the tr ip brief ing, and baggage loading was c omple ted the five

left

th e terminal and pro ceed ed to the Lear. While John co mpleted his

preflight

duties, Kelly ensured the

four

passengers were seated and provided a

safety

briefing on the

Learjet

3

5A . The following

is a

cockpit

and

tower voice recording transcript

of the final

minutes

of the

flight

TW R

=

Dulles

Tower CA M

1=

Pilot CAM2

=

Co-Pilot

RDO1

=

Pilot Radio Communication RD O2 = Co-Pi lot Radio Communicati on