Crash-aerien 23 DEC 2015 d'un Raytheon Beechjet 400A XA-MEX - Telluride Airport, CO (TEX)
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Statuts:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:mercredi 23 décembre 2015
Heure:14:15
Type/Sous-type:Silhouette image of generic BE40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Raytheon Beechjet 400A
Compagnie:Aerolíneas Ejecutivas
Immatriculation: XA-MEX
Numéro de série: RK-396
Année de Fabrication: 2004
Heures de vol:5744
Moteurs: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D
Equipage:victimes: 0 / à bord: 2
Passagers:victimes: 0 / à bord: 5
Total:victimes: 0 / à bord: 7
Dégats de l'appareil: Perte Totale
Conséquences: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:Telluride Airport, CO (TEX) (   Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol: A l'atterrissage (LDG)
Nature:Charter National
Aéroport de départ:El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP/KELP), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:Telluride Airport, CO (TEX/KTEX), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Détails:
The aircraft, a Beechjet 400A, collided with a snowplow while landing at the Telluride Regional Airport, Colorado, USA. The pilot, co-pilot, five passengers, and the snowplow operator were not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged during the accident.
Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The flight departed Monterrey, Mexico, with a planned stop in El Paso, Texas, en route to Telluride, Colorado.
Prior to departure from Monterrey, the crew obtained preflight information, including NOTAMs for the planned route of flight. The NOTAMs for Telluride (KTEX) noted several runway closure times; however, none of the closures were valid for the period during which the flight would arrive at KTEX.
The flight departed El Paso at 12:20 MST and the flight crew discussed the weather conditions at their destination airport, including concern that the weather maybe below minimums and may not allow for a landing. The Montrose Regional Airport (KMTJ), Colorado, was discussed as an alternate destination. As the flight neared their destination, the crew was in contact with a Denver en-route/center controller. The crew also listened to the Telluride's airport automated weather station.
At 13:48, the controller asked the pilots to advise him when they had the weather and NOTAMS for KTEX, adding that another airplane just attempted an approach into KTEX, but had to execute a missed approach. The pilot reported that they received the weather information and planned to make the approach. The controller responded by giving the flight a heading, saying this would be for the descent and sequence into the airport.
At 13:50, the airport operator entered a NOTAM via computer closing the runway (effective 13:50) for snow removal, and the airport operator proceeded onto the runway. At 13:58, the controller cleared the accident airplane for the approach to the airport. The pilot then cancelled his flight plan at 14:02 with the airport in sight. The crew did not change radio frequency to the airport's common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) for traffic advisories.
During the landing, the crew did not see the snowplow on the runway until it was too late to avoid a collision.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The limitations of the air traffic control equipment that prevented the controller's timely recognition of NOTAM information that was effective immediately and resulted in the issuance of an approach clearance to a closed runway. Also causal was the pilots' omission to monitor and transmit their intentions on the airport common frequency. Contributing to the accident was the controller's heavy workload and the limitations of the NOTAM system to distribute information in a timely manner."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 years and 4 months
Accident number: CEN16LA067
Download report: Summary report

Sources:
» NTSB CVR transcript

METAR Weather report:
20:15 UTC / 13:15 local time:
KTEX 232015Z AUTO 11003KT 7SM SCT015 SCT019 OVC038 M05/M08 A2952 RMK AO2 T10551080

20:35 UTC / 13:35 local time:
KTEX 232035Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM SCT029 OVC035 M05/M09 A2950 RMK AO2 T10551089

20:55 UTC / 13:55 local time:
KTEX 232055Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM -SN SCT012 BKN019 OVC027 M05/M09 A2951 RMK AO2 VIS 1V5 T10551089

21:15 UTC / 14:15 local time:
KTEX 232115Z AUTO 10003KT 1 3/4SM -SN BKN011 OVC022 M05/M08 A2950 RMK AO2 T10521085

21:35 UTC / 14:35 local time:
KTEX 232135Z AUTO 12003KT 3SM -SN SCT009 SCT020 OVC031 M05/M08 A2949 RMK AO2 T10551080


Photos

photo of Raytheon-Beechjet-400A-XA-MEX
accident date: 23-12-2015
type: Raytheon Beechjet 400A
registration: XA-MEX
photo of Raytheon-Beechjet-400A-XA-MEX
accident date: 23-12-2015
type: Raytheon Beechjet 400A
registration: XA-MEX
 

Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre El Paso International Airport, TX et Telluride Airport, CO est de 693 km (433 miles).

Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
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