# NTSB CHI97WA039: Learjet 36, N14TX, Stephenville, Ireland, December 6, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 6, 1996, 04:30 local (09:30 UTC)
- Place: Stephenville, Ireland
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 10718
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI97WA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/10718/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97WA039

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14TX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14TX-1998-08-28), registration cancelled 1998-08-28, S/N 36A033 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Learjet 36
- Registry model: [Gates Lear Jet 36A](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-36a) (registry code 5170603) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Chrysler Aviation, Inc.
- Departed: GRR, GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,900 ft overcast

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19961206042479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961206042479A), Dec 6, 1996: Lear 36A, Stephenville, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19) On December 6, 1996, at about 0430 eastern standard time (EST), a Learjet 36, N14TX, registered to chrysler aviation, inc., of van nuys, California, ,…

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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