Learjet 35 crash, Dec 27, 2021 (4 killed), Santee-Gillesp...
Learjet 35 accident on December 27, 2021 near Santee-Gillespie Field, California, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: The crew descended below the...
- Date: December 27, 2021
- Aircraft: Learjet 35
- Location: Santee-Gillespie Field, California, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew descended below the published minimum descent altitude and attempted an unauthorized night circling approach, then exceeded the critical angle of attack and stalled at low altitude. Contributing was the tower crew's failure to monitor and augment the airport weather.
A Learjet 35A repositioning after an air ambulance patient transfer descended below the instrument minimums, cancelled its IFR clearance and tried a night circling approach to runway 27R at Gillespie Field. The jet struck power lines and crashed into a residential yard east of the runway, killing all four on board. No one on the ground was hurt.