20090115000329A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm 690C · Wray, CO · January 15, 2009

Date: January 15, 2009 · 07:00 local
Place: Wray, CO
Airport: Wray Municipal
Phase of flight: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N840NK
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN09FA135
Reported as: Gulstm 690C
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 3
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N840NKRegistration cancelled Nov 1, 2010 · Gulfstream AM Corp Comm Div 690CS/N 11734 Airframe modelGulfstream AM Corp Comm Div 690C

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What happened

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

N840NK, an aerocommander 690C (GA-690-C) departed centennial airport (kapa) on an IFR flight plan to Wray, Colorado (2V5). The PIC was privacy data omitted and the second pilot was privacy data omitted. Also on board was a passenger privacy data omitted. The crew was cleared for any approach at Wray Municipal Airport, and the radar track shows they were setting up for the GPS runway 17. The weather was reported by witnesses to have ceilings about 600 AGL, with good visibility below. The aircraft lost control and crashed nearly vertically nose down approximately at the final approach fix. Witnesses reported seeing and hearing the aircraft as it came out of the clouds out of control. The pilot of a BE-90 king air which landed at burlington, CO, about 50 miles south about the same time, reported moderate mixed icing. No mechanical factors appeared to be involved in the crash. All persons on board perished.

As the FAA filed it

N840NK, AN AEROCOMMANDER 690C (GA-690-C) DEPARTED CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (KAPA) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO WRAY, COLORADO (2V5). THE PIC WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE SECOND PILOT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ALSO ON BOARD WAS A PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE CREW WAS CLEARED FOR ANY APPROACH AT WRAY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND THE RADAR TRACK SHOWS THEY WERE SETTING UP FOR THE GPS RUNWAY 17. THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED BY WITNESSES TO HAVE CEILINGS ABOUT 600 AGL, WITH GOOD VISIBILITY BELOW. THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED NEARLY VERTICALLY NOSE DOWN APPROXIMATELY AT THE FINAL APPROACH FIX. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING AND HEARING THE AIRCRAFT AS IT CAME OUT OF THE CLOUDS OUT OF CONTROL. THE PILOT OF A BE-90 KING AIR WHICH LANDED AT BURLINGTON, CO, ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH ABOUT THE SAME TIME, REPORTED MODERATE MIXED ICING. NO MECHANICAL FACTORS APPEARED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. ALL PERSONS ON BOARD PERISHED.

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 CEN09FA135Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportWray, COThe pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the approach resulting in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper preflight planning and conditions conducive for structural icing.Jan 15, 2009 · Destroyed