City Of Colorado Springs Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Colorado Spring, Colorado 80903
Saturday, September 4, 2004 13:50 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

According to the operator, during the takeoff roll, the airplane began to vibrate on the right side and then the right tire blew. The left tire blew shortly thereafter. In a statement made by the co-pilot, the "captain maintained directional control" and the drag chute was deployed. The airplane came to rest at the departure end of the runway. A postaccident investigation revealed substantial damage. An examination of the airplane systems revealed no anomalies.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

right main tire failure for reasons undetermined.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/4/2004
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1350
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City Colorado Spring
Event State COLORADO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 80903
Event Date Year 2004
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 384818N
Event Location Longitude 1044200W
Event Location Airport City Of Colorado Springs Muni
Event Location Nearest Airport ID COS
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0.5
Degrees magnetic from airport 170
Airport Elevation 6184
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1354 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 350
Weather Observation Facility ID COS
Elevation of weather observation facility 6184
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Dawn
Lowest Ceiling Height 11000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 6000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 22
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 10
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 110
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.02
Density Altitude (feet) 8413
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 5
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 17701
NTSB Notification Source FAA Comm Ctr
NTSB Notification Date Sep 4 2004 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1426
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jun 8 2005 12:51PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Denver Flight Standards District Office

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N47MR
NTSB Number DEN04LA138
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Gates Learjet
Aircraft Model 25B
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 101
Certified Max Gross Weight 15000
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 8
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection AAIP
Date of Last Inspection Aug 2 2004 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 75.9
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name American Aircraft Sales
Aircraft Owner Street Address 550 East Airport Avenue
Aircraft Owner City Venice
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 34285
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name American Jets, Inc.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 2950 Curtis King Blvd
Operator City Fort Pierce
Operator State FL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 34946
Operator Code SUZA
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code COS
Departure City Colorado Spring
Departure State CO
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1350
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code MEM
Destination City MEMPHIS
Destination State TN
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff - roll/run
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred Yes
Date of most recent change to record --
User who most recently changed record --
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 17L
Runway Length 13500
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight Yes
Medical Flight --