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Incident

FAA incident report · Bac AVRO 146-RJ70A · Rifle, CO · February 20, 1996

Date: February 20, 1996 · 21:58 local
Place: Rifle, CO
Airport: Garfield County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: PLGA
Aircraft: N832BE
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW96IA124
Reported as: Bac AVRO146RJ70A
People aboard: 28
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,800 total1,000 in this make and model134 in the last 90 days

N832BERegistration cancelled Mar 15, 1996 · British Aerospace AVRO 146-RJ70AS/N E1223 Airframe modelBritish Aerospace AVRO 146-RJ70A

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.

Narrative: the flight diverted from aspen, CO to Rifle, CO due to weather. After landing, the aircraft went off the west end of the runway. The PIC computed landing distance of 3200 feet. Three witnesses at the airport, waiting for the flight, observed the airplane touch down and 4600 feet west of the threshold of runway 26. This is a final report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE FLIGHT DIVERTED FROM ASPEN, CO TO RIFLE, CO DUE TO WEATHER. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PIC COMPUTED LANDING DISTANCE OF 3200 FEET. THREE WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT, WAITING FOR THE FLIGHT, OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE TOUCH DOWN AND 4600 FEET WEST OF THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 26. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB FTW96IA124Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportRifle, COThe copilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions, resulting in excessive airspeed, and his failure to attain the proper runway touch down point. Factors were inadequate dispatch procedures and the captain's improper inflight planning/decision in that…Feb 21, 1996 · No damage