# Accident 19880730028329A: Lear 23LEAR, Riverside, CA, July 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1988, 11:40 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: March Afb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9533° N, 117.3961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9533&lon=-117.3961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N745F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N745F-1990-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 23 (registry code 5170102, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 23LEAR
- Reported engine: GE CJ6104
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA274) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880730028329A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HAD UNEVEN FUEL FLOW AND IMBALANCE. DIVERTED TO NEAREST AIRPORT, CRASHED AND BURNED. YAW DAMPER INOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX88FA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA274), Jul 30, 1988: Learjet 23 (N745F), Perris, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT DECIDED TO CONDUCT HIS FLIGHT WITH KNOWN AIRCRAFT DEFICIENCIES. INDUCED COMPANY PRESSURE TO DELIVER THE AIRCRAFT TO ITS DESTINATION IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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