Last updated: 5 January 2022
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 27 December 2021 |
| Time: | 19:14 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Operator: | Aeromedevac Air Ambulance |
| Registration: | N880Z |
| MSN: | 35A-591 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | El Cajon, San Diego ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA), United States of America |
| San Diego-Gillespie Field, CA (SEE/KSEE), United States of America |
A Learjet 35A crashed in a residential area, killing all on board. The aircraft was completing the turn for the final approach to runway 27R at San Diego-Gillespie Field, California. It struck Pepper Drive in a residential area of El Cajon, San Diego, 2,6 km east of the runway threshold and burst into flames.
At 19:08 Gillespie Tower cleared the flight to land on runway 17. At 19:11 the flight contacted Gillespie Tower, cancelling their IFR clearance and requesting to land on runway 27R. This was approved and the Tower controller cleared the flight for a left hand traffic pattern for runway 27R. The flight crew then requested the runway lights to be turned up, to which the controller replied that "they are at a 100% now".
Sources:
» kusi.com» FAA
METAR Weather report:
02:55 UTC / 18:55 local time:KSEE 280255Z VRB05KT 3SM BR BKN020 OVC026 10/08 A2998
03:55 UTC / 19:55 local time:
KSEE 280355Z VRB05KT 3SM BR SCT011 BKN020 11/09 A2996
Photos
Video, social media
Small Jet-Crash: Photo from Lakeside/Unincorporated El Cajon neighborhood east of Gillespie Field where Air Ambulance Learjet went down . Wreckage mainly on street (Pepper Dr), sadly. status of anyone onboard unknown. Details at 11pm on @nbcsandiego pic.twitter.com/SY9o2CgsMR
— Mark Mullen (@MarkMullenNBC) December 28, 2021
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line is connecting ADS-B datapoints from AX.
Distance from Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA to San Diego-Gillespie Field, CA as the crow flies is 125 km (78 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA to San Diego-Gillespie Field, CA as the crow flies is 125 km (78 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from 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.
