- Date
- January 6, 1977
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA · PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12MKLear Jet 24B
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770106039189A
- Case key
- 156926
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0967 77/1/6 NR.PALM SPRINGS,CA LEAR JET 24B CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1700 N12MK PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 36, 4150 TOTAL HOURS, 532 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAS VEGAS,NV RETURN PALM SPRINGS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- CREW MISINTERPRETED IFR CLNC & ATC INSTRUCTIONS.CONTROLLER FAILED TO DETECT DEVIATION FRM ROUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12MK
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 24B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.