Accident: Gates Learjet Corporation 35A
Dec 28, 2021 · El Cajon, CA
NTSB numberWPR22FA068Event id20211228104445
- 4
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The flight crew’s decision to descend below the published MDA, cancel their IFR clearance to conduct an unauthorized circle-to-land approach to another runway while the airport was in nighttime IFR conditions, and the exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, and subsequently entering an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the tower crew’s failure to monitor and augment the airport weather conditions as required, due in part to, the placement of the AWOS display in the tower cab and the lack of audible AWOS alerting.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Gates Learjet Corporation 35A
- Registration
- N880Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern base Loss of control in flight
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Gillespie Field (SEE)2 nm (3 km) west
- Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF)10 nm (19 km) west
- Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field (NKX)11 nm (20 km) west
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