Canadair CL-601 Challenger crash, Jan 5, 2014 (1 killed)
Canadair CL-601 Challenger accident on January 5, 2014 near Aspen-Pitkin County-Sardy Field, Colorado, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: NTSB: The...
- Date: January 5, 2014
- Aircraft: Canadair CL-601 Challenger
- Location: Aspen-Pitkin County-Sardy Field, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: The flight crew's failure to maintain airplane control during landing following an unstabilized approach. Contributing factors were the decision to land with a tailwind above the airplane's limits and the failure to conduct a go around when the approach became unstabilized.
A Bombardier Challenger 601 flying a positioning flight from Tucson landed on runway 15 at Aspen Pitkin County Airport in gusty tailwind conditions after an unstabilized approach. The aircraft bounced, made a hard final impact, and crashed on the runway and burned. The copilot was killed and the captain and a pilot rated passenger were seriously injured.