# NTSB DEN70A0036: Lear 24, N714X, Salt Lake City, UT, December 3, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: December 3, 1969
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 22, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79897
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70A0036
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70A0036

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3740   69/12/3   SALT LAKE CITY,UT   LEAR 24             CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1618                    N714X               PX-  0  0  4  CORP/EXEC                 45, 15650 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1780 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SLC INTERNATIONAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DENVER,COLO                 SALT LAKE CITY,UT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: OTHER
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- MINIMUM HORIZONTAL SEPARATION NOT PROVIDED LDG ACFT.CONTROLLER FATIGUE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N714X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 24
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Slc International

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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