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Lake Tahoe plane crash: Twin-engine jet accident kills all passengers, FAA says
Fox ^ | 01/27/2021

Posted on 07/27/2021 10:18:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin

It wasn't immediately clear how many people were aboard the Bombardier CL 600. The Federal Aviation Administration said the aircraft crashed at 1:18 p.m. on Monday while the pilot was attempting to land at nearby Truckee-Tahoe Airport.

The owner of the aircraft and the flight plan were not immediately made public, although authorities later said it might have come from either Coeur d’Alene, Idaho or Florida.

The CL 600 is a multi-seat business jet with twin engines mounted on the rear fuselage and a distinctive T-shaped tail. The jet can hold as many as 14 passengers and two crew.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: bombardier; bombardiercl600; cl600; jet; laketahoe; planecrash; truckee; twinengine
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1 posted on 07/27/2021 10:18:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series


2 posted on 07/27/2021 10:19:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34EwIXZGtM

ATC audio.


3 posted on 07/27/2021 10:23:30 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: BenLurkin

My understanding is that T-Tails are notorious for control issues.


4 posted on 07/27/2021 10:23:46 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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5 posted on 07/27/2021 10:24:19 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: BenLurkin
although authorities later said it might have come from either Coeur d’Alene, Idaho or Florida.

Well that is certainly informative. Must be why the call it news.

6 posted on 07/27/2021 10:24:42 AM PDT by pfflier
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“Flight tracking website FlightAware.com shows that the only aircraft of that type that was due to arrive in Truckee this afternoon came from Coeur d’Alene (Idaho), and carried the tail number N605TR. Cirium fleets data shows that airframe is owned by Tarco Aircraft Funding LLC and entered service in late 2007.”

https://www.flightglobal.com/business-aviation/challenger-605-business-jet-crashes-in-northern-california/144762.article


7 posted on 07/27/2021 10:25:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: rarestia

As a man who flies all around the world I dread when i hear news of this, though I know stats wise you have a much higher chance getting killed driving than a plane, but still.


8 posted on 07/27/2021 10:27:37 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: BenLurkin

I would never fly in a small plane. They’re always having crashes. I don’t get people who think they are safe. Their rate of crashes seems not to be very good to me.


9 posted on 07/27/2021 10:29:51 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: servo1969

What is AARF?


10 posted on 07/27/2021 10:30:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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10

I’m think this is the answer.
https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_safety/aircraft_rescue_fire_fighting/


11 posted on 07/27/2021 10:33:54 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: BenLurkin

Little Orphan Airy investigations


12 posted on 07/27/2021 10:36:33 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The democrats have just replaced KKK with CRT. /Kevin McCarty 7/6/21)
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To: Beowulf9

My father was a pilot, his brother a flight instructor, and I learned to fly a plane before I could drive a car - (no teke-offs & landings tho). Two of my sons are pilots, one a Navy pilot, and his wife is a Marine pilot.

I feel safer in a plane than on the road where so many 30 and under are texting while driving.

Especially commercial. Trust me. Commercial pilots are almost 100% extremely careful and not risk-takers.

Yes, most crashes are human error - because humans are not perfect. When you examine total flight hours to crashes, even light planes are safe. Mechanical problems do occur, but are rare and most do not result in death.


13 posted on 07/27/2021 10:36:53 AM PDT by Arlis
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To: Beowulf9

I hate to break the news to you, but you are full of it.

Aircraft like land bound vehicles are operated by people of widely varying skill levels.

And even some of the most skilled have no fear of death and get killed doing things that even a test pilot or astronaut would never attempt.

I am not familiar with that airport but considering the temperatures, a first thought in my mind would be the gross weight, whether loaded within the envelope, density altitude, and of course the captain’s skill level and reputation for caution or lack of caution.

Some of the best I knew are dead, varying all the way from students to highly skilled airline captains....most because they were more brave than wise.


14 posted on 07/27/2021 10:41:55 AM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: BenLurkin
We can only hope that it was just politicians.
15 posted on 07/27/2021 10:43:03 AM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: BenLurkin
What is AARF?

A misspelling of ARFF, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting. It’s the airport fire department that responds to accidents.

16 posted on 07/27/2021 10:44:30 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Arlis

“Yes, most crashes are human error”

The golf course is Southwest of the approach end of 11 at TRK. If he was over there he probably overshot the turn to final on the circle to land approach that he was cleared for and made a basic mistake: accelerated stall low to the ground to try to get back to the runway centerline.

There were only 3 people on board an airplane that requires two pilots. So the 1 pax was probably not someone who would feel bad about a little edgy flying. The pilot would probably not have selected the circle to land approach with a full airplane, and may have elected to go to RNO or fly the missed approach for a second try.

The audio and ground track show a pilot flying who is confident and capable. Looks like he just overdid it on an approach that is always the most risky.


17 posted on 07/27/2021 10:44:40 AM PDT by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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To: servo1969

Thank you.


18 posted on 07/27/2021 10:45:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: old curmudgeon

I recall a test pilot friend of mine many years ago saying there are old pilots and bold pilots but not old, bold pilots.


19 posted on 07/27/2021 10:47:34 AM PDT by LibertyOh
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