# NTSB MIA03WA164: Gates Learjet 35A, N403FW, Cancun, Mexico, August 15, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 14, 2003, 22:22 local (Aug 15, 2003, 03:22 UTC)
- Place: Cancun, Mexico
- Coordinates: 21.033332, -86.883331
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.0333&lon=-86.8833&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Washington, DC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 57735
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA03WA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57735/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03WA164

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N403FW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403FW-2012-05-11), registration cancelled 2012-05-11, S/N 403, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Gates Learjet 35A
- Registry model: [Gates Learjet 35A](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (registry code 5170602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch TFE731 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (registry code 01518, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Air America Flight Services, Inc.
- Departed: KFXE, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination: MMUN, Cancun
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 0 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: MMUN

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