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Crash of a Learjet 55 Longhorn in Livingston

Date & Time: Jan 11, 2024 at 0837 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N558RA
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Pontiac - Livingston
MSN:
55-086
YOM:
1983
Flight number:
RAX698
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Pontiac-Oakland County Airport on a cargo service to Livingston-Mission Field Airport (flight RAX698). After touchdown on runway 22, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance and overran. It went down into a ravine, lost its undercarriage and came to rest with both engines torn off. Both crew members evacuated safely.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-10-DK near Livingston

Date & Time: May 19, 1947
Operator:
Registration:
43-49248
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
15064/26509
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Enroute, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and decided to abandon the aircraft and to bail out. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a mountainous are located 5 miles southeast of Livingston. Both pilots were found unharmed.