Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 DEC 1988 |
| Type: | Learjet 24B |
| Operator: | Crown Center Aviation |
| Registration: | N234CM |
| C/n / msn: | 24-214 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Cuatro Cienegas (Mexico) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Memphis International Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM), United States of America |
| Dallas-Addison Airport, TX (ADS), United States of America |
Passed destination Addison, TX; intercepted by T-38 jet whose pilot was unable to contact the Learjet crew. The Lear entered a spin over Mexico and crashed.
Sources:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Memphis International Airport, TN to Dallas-Addison Airport, TX as the crow flies is 668 km (418 miles).
Distance from Memphis International Airport, TN to Dallas-Addison Airport, TX as the crow flies is 668 km (418 miles).
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.
