# NTSB DCA13RA025: Learjet 25, N345MC, Monterrey, Mexico, December 9, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 9, 2012, 03:40 local (09:40 UTC)
- Place: Monterrey, Mexico
- Coordinates: 25.510919, -100.33273
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.5109&lon=-100.3327&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85764
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13RA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85764/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13RA025

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Learjet 25, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=5170506), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N345MC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345MC-2018-02-13), registration cancelled 2018-02-13, S/N 046, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 25
- Registry model: [Learjet 25](https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-25) (registry code 5170506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [GE CJ610-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (registry code 30006, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 046
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Mcoco Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MMMY, Monterrey
- Destination: MMTO, Toluca
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Other investigations on N345MC (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 DFW05CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA174), Jul 1, 2005: Learjet 25 (N345MC), Amarillo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A contributing factor was the prevailing crosswind.

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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