# NTSB DEN67A0066: Lear 23, N434EJ, Spanish Fork, UT, April 23, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1967
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT · SPANISH FORK, UT
- Location: 40.1132° N, 111.6431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spanish Fork, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1132&lon=-111.6431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117939
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN67A0066
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN67A0066

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0846  67/4/23    SPANISH FORK,UTAH   LEAR 23             CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2133                    N434EJ              PX-  0  0  4  AIR TAXI-PASSG            43, 10000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            907 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SPANISH FORK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT
        REMARKS- PLT THOUGHT HE WAS LANDING AT PROVO,UTAH ARPT 5 N MILES NW OF SPANISH FORK. VISIBILITY 10 MILES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N434EJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434EJ-1970-10-16), registration cancelled 1970-10-16, S/N 23046, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 23
- Registry model: [Learjet 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-23) (registry code 5170102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Spanish Fork

## Other investigations on N434EJ (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 DCA70AZ008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA70AZ008), May 9, 1970: Lear Jet 23A (N434EJ), Pellston, MI, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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