# Accident 20250131003519A: Lear 55, Philadelphia, PA, January 31, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2025, 18:06 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: North Philadelphia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: 1J3F
- Location: 39.9523° N, 75.1638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9523&lon=-75.1638&mi=10
- Aircraft: XA-UCI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE731-3AR-2B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 7
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250131003519A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 31, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:30, A 1982 LEAR 55 JET, DEPARTED KPNE AIRPORT. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ON VIDEO SURVEILLANCE HAVING EXPERIENCED A RAPID DESCENT WITH A SLIGHT TURN TO THE LEFT, WHICH LED TO A STEEP IMPACT INTO A COMMUNITY STREET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH DEBRIS COVERING 1100FT X 400 FT AREA. ALL OCCUPANTS ON BOARD (TOTAL OF 6) (TWO PILOTS, A DOCTOR, A PARAMEDIC, ONE PATIENTS AND PASSENGER) WERE FATALLY INJURED. PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A CAR ON THE GROUND, FATALLY INJURING 1 ON THE GROUND, AND INJURING 24 OTHERS ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A PART 129 OPERATOR FROM MEXICO OPERATING AS AN AIR AMBULANCE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NTSB AND FAA WORKED THE SCENE. THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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