34.5955° N, 117.3827° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOGISTICS (VCV), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 18, 2015 · 21:09 local
Place
Victorville, CA
Airport
Southern California Logistics
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
5DLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N864KB
Reported as
Learjet 31A
Reported engine
Garrett TFE-731 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total650 in this make and model90 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.
The aircraft had just intercepted the palm dale VOR when the air conditioner, blower assembly, failed. The rear part of the cabin filled with smoke, and landed at scla (vcv) with out incident.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST INTERCEPTED THE PALM DALE VOR WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER, BLOWER ASSEMBLY, FAILED. THE REAR PART OF THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE, AND LANDED AT SCLA (VCV) WITH OUT INCIDENT.