# Accident 20041024028199A: Lear 35A, San Diego, CA, October 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2004, 00:25 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: G41A
- Location: 32.5686° N, 116.8444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5686&lon=-116.8444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30DK-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 12,377 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041024028199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 24, 2004, A LEAR 35, N30DK DEPARTED BROWN FIELD (SDM), SAN DIEGO AT 0025 HRS. HE DEPARTED RUNWAY 8 AND CONTACTS SOCAL RADAR STATING THAT THEY DEPARTED SDM SQUAKING VFR WITH THE IFR TO ABQ. N30DK WAS RADAR IDENTIFIED AND ISSUED A HEADING OF 020 DEGREES AND INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN VFR. HE WAS ALSO ADVISED TO EXPECT IFR CLEARANCE ABOVE 5000'. RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ACFT IMPACTED A MOUNTAIN RIDGE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN AND ONE HALF MILES EAST OF SDM AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2267'.

## 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 LAX05FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA015), Oct 24, 2004: Learjet 35A (N30DK), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the flight crew to maintain terrain clearance during a VFR departure, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain, and the air traffic controller's issuance of a clearance that…

## Other reports on N30DK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19801025076079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801025076079I), Oct 25, 1980: Lear 25B (N30DK), Flushing, NY. Zd zl right main tire blew out due to failure of inboard anti skid generator. Crosswind of 40 degrees at 24K.

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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