# Accident 20140105000099A: Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16, Aspen, CO, January 5, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2014, 12:22 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen Pitkin County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2219° N, 106.8683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2219&lon=-106.8683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115WF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N115WF-2014-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair CL-600-2B16 (registry code 1900305, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-cl-600-2b16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CANADAIR LTD CL-600-2B16
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 17,210 total, 12 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140105000099A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 5, 2014, AT 1222 MST, N115WF, A CANADAIR CL-600-2B16, IMPACTED  RUNWAY 15  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE ASPEN/PITKIN COUNTY AIRPORT, ASPEN, COLORADO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, THE PIC AND PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND THE SIC RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA099), Jan 5, 2014: Canadair CL 600 2B16 (N115WF), Aspen, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to maintain airplane control during landing following an unstabilized approach. Contributing to the accident were the flight crew's decision to land with a tailwind above…

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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