Narrative:
A Learjet 60 jet sustained damage in a runway excursion accident at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, CO (ASE). There were no injuries among the six passengers and two crew members.
The airplane veered off the side of the runway on landing and came to rest with a collapsed right main landing gear.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The first officers failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplanes critical angle-of-attack during the final approach in known low-level windshear conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident were the first officers failure to initiate a go-around when commanded and the captain's lack of remedial action when he recognized that the approach was unstabilized."
Loss of control
» The Aspen Times
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 7 June 2012 |
| Time: | 12:24 |
| Type: |  Learjet 60 |
| Operator: | Performance Aircraft Leasing Inc. |
| Registration: | N500SW |
| MSN: | 60-017 |
| First flight: | 1993 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6456 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, CO (ASE) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Opa-locka Airport, FL (OPF/KOPF), United States of America |
| Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, CO (ASE/KASE), United States of America |
A Learjet 60 jet sustained damage in a runway excursion accident at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, CO (ASE). There were no injuries among the six passengers and two crew members.
The airplane veered off the side of the runway on landing and came to rest with a collapsed right main landing gear.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The first officers failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplanes critical angle-of-attack during the final approach in known low-level windshear conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident were the first officers failure to initiate a go-around when commanded and the captain's lack of remedial action when he recognized that the approach was unstabilized."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Landing after unstabilized approachLoss of control
Sources:
» FAA» The Aspen Times
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Distance from Opa-locka Airport, FL to Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, CO as the crow flies is 2864 km (1790 miles).
Distance from Opa-locka Airport, FL to Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, CO as the crow flies is 2864 km (1790 miles).
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