# Accident 20120607011369A: Learjet Inc 60, Aspen, CO, June 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2012, 12:24 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen/Pitkin County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2206° N, 106.8678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2206&lon=-106.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 60
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA345) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120607011369A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 7, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1224 HRS MDT, N500SW, A LEARJET MODEL 60 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT ASPEN/PITKIN COUNTY AIRPORT (KASE), CO.THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE EIGHT PERSONS ON BOARD.  WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 CEN12LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA345), Jun 7, 2012: Learjet 60 (N500SW), Aspen, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The first officer’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack during the final approach in known low-level windshear conditions, which…

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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