# Accident 20250210000932A: Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, Scottsdale, AZ, February 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2025, 14:43 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6225° N, 111.9091° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6225&lon=-111.9091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81VN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81VN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEARJET CORP. 35A
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE731 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250210000932A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 10, 2025, A 1989 LEAR L35A LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 AT SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT, THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 21, TO THE LEFT (EAST) AND IMPACTED THE REAR WING ROOT OF A 2005 GULFSTREAM 200, PARKED ON THE RAMP.  BOTH AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPEARED TO BE HIGH-PROFILE CELEBRITIES.  THE LEAR’S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE NOSE GEAR ALSO SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THERE WERE TWO PASSENGER SURVIVORS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, BOTH IN SERIOUS CONDITION, ONE PILOT FATALITY (LEFT SEAT), AND ANOTHER PILOT (RIGHT SEAT) EXTRACTED FROM THE LEAR, IN CONDITION CRITICAL.  THERE WAS ONE PERSON ONBOARD THE GULFSTREAM AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THE PERSON WALKED OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND LATER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NECK AND BACK INJURIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N199DF, Israel Aircraft Industries GULFSTREAM 200: no report for this aircraft; [N199DF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N199DF) is registered now

## 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 WPR25FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA088), Feb 10, 2025: Gates Learjet 35A (N81VN), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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