Learjet aircraft accidents

123 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Learjet aircraft (1983–2026), with 98 people killed and 13 seriously injured. 25% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 54%, followed by aircraft or equipment (32%).
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1983 to 1 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Learjet Inc 25, Monterrey, MX (Dec 9, 2012) · 7 killed
2. Learjet 24, Avalon, CA (Jan 30, 1984) · 6 killed
3. Learjet 55, Caracas, VE (Jun 22, 2022) · 6 killed
4. Learjet 55, Philadelphia, PA (Jan 31, 2025) · 6 killed
5. Learjet 35A, San Diego, CA (Oct 24, 2004) · 5 killed
6. Learjet 25, Naiguata, VE (Aug 19, 2017) · 5 killed
7. Learjet 45XR, Sawantwadi, OF (Jan 28, 2026) · 5 killed
8. Learjet LR60, Columbia, SC (Sep 20, 2008) · 4 killed
9. Learjet 55, Boca Raton, FL (Jun 23, 2000) · 4 killed
10. Learjet 35, Fort Lauderdale, FL (Nov 20, 2013) · 4 killed

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Other aircraft makers

• Cessna · 24,148 accidents
• Piper · 13,241 accidents
• Beech · 4,780 accidents
• Bell · 2,250 accidents
• Boeing · 1,579 accidents
• Robinson · 1,575 accidents
• Mooney · 1,237 accidents
• Grumman · 1,000 accidents
• Air Tractor · 932 accidents
• Bellanca · 918 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.