# NTSB CEN09WA309: Learjet 35, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, February 5, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 5, 2009, 08:47 local (14:47 UTC)
- Place: Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
- Coordinates: 23.702222, -98.953887 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=23.7022&lon=-98.9539&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73877
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA309
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73877/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA309

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On February 5, 2009 a Learjet 35 airplane lost control on landing at Ciudad Victoria Airport (MMCV), Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The crew lost control after touchdown and slid off the runway into the grass and came to rest upright after a 180 degree left turn. The landing gear collapsed resulting in structural damage to the structural supports for the landing gear. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Mexico. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) Direccion General de Aeronutica Civil (DGAC) Col. san Juan de Arrgon, 3-seccion Del. Venustiano Carrabza Mexico, D.F, Mexico c.p. 15620 Telephone: 55-2598-0138

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-RYT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET 35 (A)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: GARRETT TFE731-2-2A turbo fan; GARRETT TFE731-2-2A turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Rajet Aeroservices
- Registered owner: Rajet Aeroservices
- Departed: MMIO, Saltillo
- Destination: MMCV, Ciudad Victoria
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: MMCV, Aeropuerto Pedro J. Mendez, runway 15, 7,218 × 148 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left
- Co-pilot; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.45 inHg
- Observed at: MMCV

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.

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