Telluride Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Telluride, Colorado 81435
Monday, September 1, 2008 16:30 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On final approach to land, the twin-jet airplane encountered an increasing headwind accompanied by a "Caution Wind shear" audio alert, while approximately 50 feet above ground level. The airplane landed hard and bounced several times before departing the left side of the runway. The airplane came to rest in an upright position and the pilot and copilot were able to exit unassisted. The forward pressure bulkhead, fuselage, and left aileron sustained structural damage during the accident. In addition, the nose wheel assembly was found separated from the fuselage. An examination of the nose wheel assembly revealed that the fracture was consistent with an overload failure. No anomalies were reported with the airplane's flight controls or engines.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain control during landing. A factor was the reported wind shear.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/1/2008
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1630
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City Telluride
Event State COLORADO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 81435
Event Date Year 2008
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 375708N
Event Location Longitude 1075419W
Event Location Airport Telluride Regional Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID KTEX
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 9078
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID KTEX
Elevation of weather observation facility 9078
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 8500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 18
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 220
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 17
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.21
Density Altitude (feet) --
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 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 24510
NTSB Notification Source Regional Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 22 2009 11:33AM
User who most recently changed record broda
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N839QS
NTSB Number DFW08CA221
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 560
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 560-0690
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 11
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection AAIP
Date of Last Inspection Aug 5 2008 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 2741
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type Unknown
Aircraft Owner Name CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT FINANCING INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address C/O NETJETS SALES INC
Aircraft Owner City OKLAHOMA CITY
Aircraft Owner State OK
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 73102
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name NetJets Aviation, Inc
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address PO BOX 369099
Operator City Columbus
Operator State OH
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 43219
Operator Code DXTA
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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 KSGR
Departure City Houston
Departure State TX
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1154
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code KTEX
Destination City Tellurdie
Destination State CO
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Nov 3 2008 3:10PM
User who most recently changed record gamw
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 09
Runway Length 6870
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --