Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Eagle County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Eagle, Colorado 81631
Friday, March 27, 1987 20:45 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
AFTER REFUELING IN DENVER, THE MEDICAL EVACUATION FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED FROM ASPEN TO EAGLE TO ENPLANE THE PATIENT. IFR FLIGHT TO EAGLE WAS UNEVENTFUL AND RADAR SERVICE WAS TERMINATED AFTER THE CONTROLLER CLEARED THE FLIGHT FOR THE LDA-A APPROACH TO THE EAGLE AIRPORT WHICH SHOWS A 239 DEGREE INBOUND COURSE. THE LAST RADIO CONTACT OCCURRED WHEN THE CREW REPLIED 'WE'RE 8 TO 10 OUT AND ITS CLEAR AHEAD' TO EAGLE RADIO IN ANSWER TO A REQUEST FOR A BASE REPORT. THE FLIGHT COLLIDED WITH AN 8,022 FOOT MSL MOUNTAINTOP BEARING 298 DEGREES, 3.88 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT WHILE IN THE APPROACH CONFIGURATION. THE SAFETY BOARD BELIEVES THE FLIGHT WAS CIRCLING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 07, AND THE DARK NIGHT PREVENTED REQUIRED VISUAL LOOKOUT TO AVOID TERRAIN OBSTRUCTIONS. THE JEPPESEN APPROACH CHARTS USED BY THE FLIGHTCREW DID NOT ACCURATELY DEPICT TERRAIN OBSTRUCTIONS WITHIN THE 5-MILE RADIUS OF THE AIRPORT AS STIPULATED IN THEIR LEGEND. THE SAFETY BOARD BELIEVES THIS COULD HAVE MISLEAD THE FLIGHTCREW.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/27/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 2045 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | EAGLE |
| Event State | COLORADO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 81631 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | EAGLE COUNTY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | EGE |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 4 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 298 |
| Airport Elevation | 6538 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2050 Mountain Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 118 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | EGE |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 6538 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 4 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 3500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 15 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -3 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 160 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 3 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2326 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 28 1987 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 30 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 35981 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 1:58PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N31SK |
| NTSB Number | FTW87NA086 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | Ground |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Learjet |
| Aircraft Model | 24A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 24A |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 24-118 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 13000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Feb 5 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 96 |
| Airframe Hours | 8432 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | KALITTA SERVICES, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | WILLOW RUN AIRPORT, BOX 842 |
| Aircraft Owner City | YPSILANTI |
| Aircraft Owner State | MI |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 48197 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | DEN |
| Departure City | DENVER |
| Departure State | CO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2019 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | EGE |
| Destination City | EAGLE |
| Destination State | CO |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 7 |
| Runway Length | 7000 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |