ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325848
| Date: | Wednesday 13 February 1991 |
| Time: | 17:41 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Owner/operator: | Richmor Aviation |
| Registration: | N535PC |
| MSN: | 35A-291 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km N of Aspen Airport, CO (ASE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS) |
| Aspen Airport, CO (ASE/KASE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While overhead Aspen, the crew requested a right downwind circling approach to runway 15. The airplane was observed in a steep right bank on base leg. It overshot the extended runway centerline and entered a steeper right bank to correct back to the runway centerline. The Learjet stalled and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to maintain airspeed and control of the airplane while maneuvering to land. Contributing factors were the flight crew's execution of an unstabilized approach and the surrounding snow-covered mountainous terrain."
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