- Date
- December 22, 1983, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N300PLGates Learjet 25D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831222063029A
- Case key
- 16304
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Analysis
While en route, the aricrew encountered stronger headwinds than expected. They realized there would not be enough fuel reserved for an IFR flt to aspen, so the elected to divert to Eagle, CO. However, their landing at engle was delayed due to a snowplow (with no radio) on the rwy. After circling & reentering final apch, the aircrew noted that the snowplow was still on the rwy, headed in their direction. They continued their apch & the snowplow cleared the rwy. According to the snowplow operator, the acft was 100 to 200 ft AGL when it crossed the threshold. A fss specialist noted that the acft was still airborne when it passed the 2nd turnoff, aprx 2300 ft from the threshold. After touching down on the snow covered rwy, the plt deployed the spoilers & immediately applied braking action, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. The acft continued off the end of the rwy, went down a 15 ft bank & ran into a small ravine. The rwy gradient was 1.4% downhill, elev 6538 ft. drag chute not deployed, 600 lbs fuel rmng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300PL
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 25D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 247
- Airframe hours
- 2,887
- Engine
- GE CJ-610-8A, 2,950 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91 subpart F
- Operator
- Amf Corporation
- Registered owner
- Continental Illinois Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 21, 1983 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- ASE · Aspen, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EGE · Eagle County, runway 26, 5,013 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,376 total · 735 in this make and model · 6,574 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EGE, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.