# Accident 19881216054569A: Lear 24B, Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico, December 16, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1988
- Place: Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N234CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234CM-1991-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 24B (registry code 5170306, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-24b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89RA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89RA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881216054569A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW89RA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89RA034), Dec 16, 1988: Learjet 24B (N234CM), Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico, 2 fatal

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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