Bombardier CL-600-2A12 N873G

Summary

On 28 November 2004 at about 16:55 local time, a Bombardier CL-600-2A12 registered N873G, operated by Air Castle Corporation, was involved in an accident near Montrose, Colorado, United States. 6 people were on board and 3 died, 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 November 2004 at 16:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Montrose, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Montrose Regional (MTJ)

Coordinates

38.5111, -107.9061

Aircraft

Bombardier CL-600-2A12

Registration

N873G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air Castle Corporation

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montrose → South Bend

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN05MA029

3 people died.

the flight crew's failure to ensure that the airplane’s wings were free of ice or snow contamination that accumulated while the airplane was on the ground, which resulted in an attempted takeoff with upper wing contamination that induced the subsequent stall and collision with the ground. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilots’ lack of experience flying during winter weather conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On November 28, 2004, about 0958 mountain standard time, a Canadair, Ltd., CL-600-2A12, N873G, registered to Hop-a-Jet, Inc., and operated by Air Castle Corporation dba Global Aviation as Glo-Air flight 73, collided with the ground during takeoff at Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), Montrose, Colorado. The on-demand charter flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and snow was falling. Of the six occupants on board, the captain, the flight attendant, and one passenger were killed, and the first officer and two passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The flight was en route to South Bend Regional Airport (SBN), South Bend, Indiana. The complete report of this accident investigation was adopted by the Safety Board on May 2, 2006, and is available on : http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2006/AAB0603.pdf

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.