| Date: | Sunday 14 November 1965 |
| Time: | 17:21 |
| Type: |  Learjet 23 |
| Owner/operator: | Paul Kelly Flying Service, lsf Flying Tiger Line |
| Registration: | N243F |
| MSN: | 23-063 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 43 hours |
| Engine model: | General Electric CJ610-4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 21 km E of Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA (PSP) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA (PSP/KPSP) |
| Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB-AAR-67-AC
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