19770106039189A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Lear 24B · Palm Springs, CA · January 6, 1977

Date
January 6, 1977
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N12MK
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX77AA019
Reported as
Lear 24B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
4,150 total532 in this make and model112 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crew misinterpreted IFR clnc & ATC instructions. Controller failed to detect deviation frm route.

As the FAA filed it

CREW MISINTERPRETED IFR CLNC & ATC INSTRUCTIONS.CONTROLLER FAILED TO DETECT DEVIATION FRM ROUTE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.