Narrative:
Crashed shortly after a night takeoff from Palm Springs when the plane lost control and crashed in a 55-deg nosedown vertical left bank attitude due to spatial disorientation of the pilot.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Spatial disorientation of the pilot, resulting in a loss of control."
Loss of control
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Sunday 14 November 1965 |
| Time: | 17:21 |
| Type: |  Learjet 23 |
| Operating for: | Paul Kelly Flying Service |
| Leased from: | Flying Tiger Line |
| Registration: | N243F |
| MSN: | 23-063 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 43 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CJ610-4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 21 km (13.1 mls) E of Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA (PSP) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA (PSP/KPSP), United States of America |
| Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), United States of America |
Crashed shortly after a night takeoff from Palm Springs when the plane lost control and crashed in a 55-deg nosedown vertical left bank attitude due to spatial disorientation of the pilot.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Spatial disorientation of the pilot, resulting in a loss of control."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Loss of situational awarenessLoss of control
Sources:
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Distance from Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA to Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA as the crow flies is 174 km (109 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Distance from Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA to Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA as the crow flies is 174 km (109 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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