# Accident 20031223032379A: Lear 24B, Helendale, CA, December 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2003, 09:11 local time
- Place: Helendale, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7181° N, 117.2561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7181&lon=-117.2561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600XJ-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 24B (registry code 5170306, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-24b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-5&6 (registry code 30013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-5-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24B
- Reported engine: GE CJ610*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031223032379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CNO ON 12-23-2003 TO PICK UP PASSENGER/PASSENGERS AT SUN VALLEY, IDAHO. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO CNO (PROBLEM UNKNOWN). THE RADAR/RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST AT FL240 AT 0911PST. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A CANYON NEAR THE SOUTHBOUND 115 AT DALE EVANS BLVD. IN THE HELENDALE, CA AREA.

## 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 LAX04FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA075), Dec 23, 2003: Learjet 24B (N600XJ), Helendale, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of airplane control for undetermined reasons.

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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