Attempting to salvage an unstabilized approach to Truckee-Tahoe (California, U.S.) Airport, the flight crew of the Bombardier Challenger CL-600 ignored repeated stall warnings before the airplane stalled and crashed to the ground, killing the two pilots and their four passengers, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says. The airplane was destroyed by the impact and a post-crash fire.
Accident Investigation, loss of control, News
‘Critical Errors’
The NTSB faulted actions by a Challenger flight crew that led up to the fatal loss-of-control crash.