- Date
- October 29, 1988, 13:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Aspen, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N909MGCanadair CL-600-1A11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881029048719A
- Case key
- 17569
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pic's failure to follow approved procedures and directives; the pic's failure to attain/maintain direction control of the airplane, the pic's failure to abort the takeoff in a timely manner; and the pic's failure to follow proper aborted takeoff procedures.
Analysis
The plt used the nosewheel steering system (nwss) while taxiing fm the FBO to the rwy. He back-taxied down the rwy & made a 180 deg turn, then without stopping, he began the takeoff roll. There were no rprtd malfunctions of the nwss before commencing the takeoff. The plt stated he had difficulty in steering the acft on the takeoff roll. As the engs spooled up, the acft tracked to the rgt of the rwy centerline. Subsequently, as he corrected with the nwss, the acft veered left, then right, as it was accelerating. The plt initiated abort procedures before reaching 80 KTS, but he was unable to regain drctnl ctl. He stated he retarded the thrust levers to idle, applied max braking & selected reverse thrust, but the acft accelerated when the engs spooled up without activation of the thrust reversers. He shut down the engs, but the acft hit 3 parked acft before stopping. The acft was equipped with an early model (dowty rotol) nwss. Post-acdnt exams of the nwss & thrust reversers revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N909MG
- Reported as
- Canadair CL-600-1A11 (CL-600-1A1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1010
- Airframe hours
- 1,779
- Engine
- Lycoming ALF-502-L2, 7,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Avjet, doing business as Avjet Corporation
- Registered owner
- Griffin Records, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 7, 1988 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- ASE
- Destination
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ASE · Aspen/Pitkin County, runway 33, 7,003 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 750 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ASE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.