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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Lear 35A · Aspen, CO · February 13, 1991

Date
February 13, 1991 · 17:41 local
Place
Aspen, CO
Airport
Aspen-Pitkin Co - Sardy Field
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BQVA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N535PC
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN91FA043
Reported as
Lear 35A
Reported engine
Garrett TFE73122B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
10,530 total3,700 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Steep bank to line up with runway produced an accelerated stall and crash. Lear 35A stalls 52 degree bank 123 knots

As the FAA filed it

STEEP BANK TO LINE UP WITH RUNWAY PRODUCED AN ACCELERATED STALL AND CRASH. LEAR 35A STALLS 52 DEGREE BANK 123 KNOTS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.