Gulfstream GIII crash, Mar 29, 2001 (18 killed), Aspen-Pi...
Gulfstream GIII accident on March 29, 2001 near Aspen-Pitkin County-Sardy Field, Colorado, United States with 18 fatalities. Cause: Operation below...
- Date: March 29, 2001
- Aircraft: Gulfstream GIII
- Location: Aspen-Pitkin County-Sardy Field, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 18
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Operation below minimum descent altitude without visual reference for the runway, with the darkness, weather, unclear NOTAM wording and charter pressure as contributing factors.
A Gulfstream III operated by Avjet on a Part 135 charter from Los Angeles descended below minimum descent altitude on a night VOR/DME approach to Aspen without adequate visual reference. It struck sloping terrain about 2,400 feet short of runway 15. All 18 people aboard died and the aircraft was destroyed.