Beechcraft Beechjet 400 crash, Dec 23, 2015, Telluride
Beechcraft Beechjet 400 accident on December 23, 2015 near Telluride, Colorado, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: Limitations of the air...
- Date: December 23, 2015
- Aircraft: Beechcraft Beechjet 400
- Location: Telluride, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: Limitations of the air traffic control equipment prevented the controller's timely recognition of NOTAM information that was effective immediately, resulting in an approach clearance to a closed runway. Also causal was the pilots' omission to monitor and transmit their intentions on the airport common frequency; controller workload and NOTAM system limitations contributed.
A Beechjet 400A on an international charter landed at Telluride on 23 December 2015 after the runway had been closed by a NOTAM for snow removal minutes earlier. The controller cleared the aircraft for the approach without recognizing the new NOTAM, and the jet collided with a snowplow about halfway down the runway. Nobody on board or in the plow was injured; the NTSB cited ATC equipment limits and workload together with the pilots not monitoring the traffic frequency.