Canadair CL-601 Challenger crash, Jan 13, 2019, Ox Ranch...
Canadair CL-601 Challenger accident on January 13, 2019 near Ox Ranch (Uvalde), Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Encounter with wind...
- Date: January 13, 2019
- Aircraft: Canadair CL-601 Challenger
- Location: Ox Ranch (Uvalde), Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Encounter with wind shear on short final approach, resulting in a hard landing and fracture of the right main landing gear.
A Challenger corporate jet carrying 3 crew and 6 passengers flew from Fort Worth to the private Ox Ranch airstrip in Texas. On short final it met wind shear and landed hard, fracturing the right main landing gear, and then slid off the runway, crossed a ditch and hit a perimeter fence. All nine occupants were uninjured. The NTSB attributed the accident to the wind shear encounter.