ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322370
| Date: | Friday 15 July 2005 |
| Time: | 08:45 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Owner/operator: | Aspen Aviation |
| Registration: | N620JM |
| MSN: | 35A-207 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vail-Eagle County Airport, CO (EGE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Aspen Airport, CO (ASE/KASE) |
| Vail-Eagle County Airport, CO (EGE/KEGE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight from Aspen (ASE) to Vail (EGE) was normal. The flight entered a left downwind for runway 25 (8,000 feet by 150 feet, dry, asphalt) and were number two following a Boeing 737 airplane on a right downwind. During landing roll the pilot lost control and the airplane departed the runway. The airplane went into the dirt and came to rest in a shallow ravine approximately 331 feet north of the runway. The Learjet subsequently caught fire. The airplane's right side fuselage, right engine, right wing, and right tip tank sustained major fire damage. The left and right main landing gear, and nose gear were broken aft.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper flare resulting in the hard landing and the fractured nose gear attachment, and the subsequent loss of control. Factors contributing to the accident were the high airspeed on approach, the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, and the pilot's inability to maintain directional control after the gear failure."
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