# NTSB CEN20WA065: Learjet 35, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, November 5, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 5, 2019
- Place: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Location: 22.9491° N, 109.9395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cabo San Lucas International Airport (CSL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=22.9491&lon=-109.9395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100849
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100849/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA065

## 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) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 5, 2019, at 1942 Mexican pacific standard time, a Learjet 35A airplane, Mexican registration XA-VBD, experienced a runway excursion after landing at Cabo San Lucas International Airport, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The four occupants sustained no injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Agencia Federal de Aviacion Civil (AFAC). The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AFAC investigation under the provisions of International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the airframe. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Agencia Federal de Aviacion Civil – AFAC Direccion de Analisis de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviacion Boulevard Adolfo Lopez Mateos, #1990, piso 4, Col. Los Alpes, Tlacopac Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, C.P. 01010, Ciudad de Mexico Telephone: (55) 5011-6413 E-Mail: cidaiac@sct.gob.mx Website: https://ts.sct.gob.mx/transporte-y-medicina-preventiva/aeronautica-civil/inicio/

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-VBD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET 35 (A)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 287
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: MMTJ, Tijuana
- Destination: MMSL, Cabo San Lucas
- Airport: MMSL, Cabo San Lucas Airport, runway 11

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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