# NTSB LAX66A0041: Lear Jet 23, N243F, Palm Springs, CA, November 14, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 14, 1965
- Place: Palm Springs, CA · PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Location: 33.8303° N, 116.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8303&lon=-116.5453&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 9, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66A0041
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66A0041

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0649  65/11/14   PALM SPRINGS CAL    LEAR JET 23         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1721                    N243F               PX-  6  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  62, 15100 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            125 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT NIGHT AS ACFT TURNED TOWARD DARK,CLOUD-SHROUDED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N243F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR JET 23
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed

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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