Learjet 45 crash, Jan 3, 2009, Telluride
Learjet 45 accident on January 3, 2009 near Telluride, Colorado, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of both pilots to positively identify...
- Date: January 3, 2009
- Aircraft: Learjet 45
- Location: Telluride, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of both pilots to positively identify the runway before landing, during a circling approach flown faster than the approach category allowed.
An Aero Jet Services Learjet 45 on a positioning flight from Scottsdale landed at Telluride, Colorado, on a snow-covered runway after a missed first approach. The crew circled to land without the runway in sight and touched down about 20 feet off the right edge of the runway. The aircraft suffered substantial damage to its wing and fuselage, and one pilot was slightly injured.