[BenLurkin]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series

[servo1969]

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

ATC audio.

[rarestia]

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

[pfflier]

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.

[Beowulf9]

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.

[bdfromlv]

We can only hope that it was just politicians.

[TalonDJ]

Right now Tahoe/Reno is massively socked in with smoke from forest fires in the region. Many flights have been canceled or redirected, which is probably why they don’t know which aircraft it was.
Smoke and visibility probably related to this crash as well.

[Veto!]

Terribly sad. Just a few weeks ago Lake Tahoe was in the news with the Celebrity Golf Tournament, always fun to watch. Most of players are duffers who make silly mistakes and laugh about it, but a few are very good. .Plane crash is something else.

[Gnome1949]

A friend of mine killed himself in a small Glasair some years back. He landed on a short gravel strip at Woodland, Washington. He rolled out to the end of the runway and swung the tail around and took off downwind on a short runway. Apparently he tried to pull the aircraft off before it was ready to fly, lost control and crashed into the trees beside the runway. The resulting fire was so intense, they had to identify him through dental records.

Piloting 101: You take off and land INTO THE WIND, especially on a short runway. If he had just taxied back to the other end of the runway to take off, he might still be here. It would have taken a couple of minutes more time to do the right thing.

The laws of physics apply and gravity is relentless.

Density altitude is a deadly killer. High altitude and hot temperatures greatly reduce lift over the wings. Truckee is high and gets quite hot in summer. Aircraft do not climb as well or respond as crisply in the thinner air caused by these conditions.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Circling approach, challenging
...circling near minimums/ visibility(smoke)conditions, more challenging
...circling approach in smoke and rising terrain limiting (perhaps) downwind leg(requiring somewhat of a short approach?).

Not much room for error(over-shoot final?), mechanical/other challenges for high-speed aircraft.

RIP

[AzNASCARfan]

I like this guys crash analysis and usually wait for him when I hear of a plane going down... https://youtu.be/VT6Z—HNqlM The Blancolirio channel