# Accident 20090115000329A: Gulstm 690C, Wray, CO, January 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2009, 07:00 local time
- Place: Wray, CO
- Airport: Wray Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1792° N, 102.2414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1792&lon=-102.2414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N840NK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N840NK-2010-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream AM Corp Comm Div 690C (registry code 3970404, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-am-corp-comm-div-690c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 690C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090115000329A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA135), Jan 15, 2009: Gulfstream Aerospace Commander (N840NK), Wray, CO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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