Learjet 55 accident near Philadelphia, PA

On January 31, 2025, a Learjet 55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Philadelphia, PA. 6 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

January 31, 2025

Place

Philadelphia, PA

Aircraft

Learjet 55 · Airplane

Injuries

6 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

40.047°N, 75.058°W

NTSB ID

20250201199630

Official records · ERA25MA106

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
• Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations

Air traffic control records

• Operations Attachment 27 - Pne Local Control Audio: Audio recording (MP3), on ntsb.gov
• Airworthiness Attachment 5- Audio Of Takeoff: Recording (MP4), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

On January 31, 2025, at 1807 eastern standard time, a Learjet 55 airplane, Mexican registration XA-UCI (call sign MTS056) was destroyed when it was involved in an accident in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two pilots, two medical crewmembers, and two passengers were fatally injured. One person on the ground was fatally injured, 4 people were seriously injured, and 20 people incurred minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 129 air ambulance flight. Preliminary ADS-B flight track data obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration revealed that the flight departed runway 24 at Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1806, with the intended destination of Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF), Springfield, Missouri. The airplane proceeded to the southwest before it turned right slightly and then entered a gradual left turn. The airplane continued in the left turn and reached an altitude of 1,650 ft mean sea level (airport elevation was 119 ft). The track data ended at 1807, at 1,275 ft msl, and at 242 knots ground speed. The duration of the flight was about 1 minute (see Figure 1). Figure 1. Aerial image with the airplane’s ADS-B flight track and the accident location overlaid. The flight crew was in communication with the PNE air traffic control tower at the time of the accident and there were no distress calls received from the flight crew. The airplane initially impacted a concrete sidewalk in a residential and commercial area. Security camera videos depicted a large explosion associat

From Wikipedia

Med Jets Flight 056 was a medevac flight from Northeast Philadelphia Airport to Tijuana International Airport with a planned refueling stop at Springfield–Branson National Airport, operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance. On January 31, 2025, a Learjet 55 operating that flight crashed in the Castor Gardens neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shortly after takeoff, killing everyone on board and two people on the ground.

Six people, including a young patient and her mother, were on board. The aircraft struck multiple buildings and vehicles during the accident, which caused fires and explosions that killed two people on the ground and injured at least 23 others.

Text from Wikipedia, “Med Jets Flight 056”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.