Corporate Jet Crashes, Killing Two

Fox News ^ | November 28, 2004 | AP

[ladyinred]

My hubby used to live in Montrose. Nice little city. Telluride is gorgeous!

[IronJack]

I used to be a reporter for the Montrose Daily Press. I visited Montrose this summer, and noticed with some delight that the small regional airport had expanded considerably. It's located on the northwest edge of town and the runway runs parallel to Highway 50. There are no obstructions near it that I can recall.

This sounds like an aircraft failure. Tires maybe?

[BamaDi]

Last i heard was that Ebersole and one son survived; Susan St James was NOT on board but that the missing pax was another son.....

[Marinefamilyx3]

This is just terrible, my heart goes out to the families of the victims. My hubby flies a corporate jet (Cessna Citation Excel) and he is always terribly anxious when he has to fly in and out of Telluride. Says it's a white knuckle ride in and out even on the best of days. It's just a mircle there were survivors.

[Beenliedto]

(at 9,078' elev, 'the nations's highest airport)

You're close, but Lake County (Leadville - KLXV) is generally considered to be the nation's highest , although with a slightly shorter runway. (9927'MSL, 6400' x 75' as opposed to 9078', 6870' x 100').

Both have instrument approaches, Leadville has an RNAV departure which is most interesting.

Telluride has an MDA of approx. 2500' AGL. The mountains to the west are up to 5,000' above field elevation.

For the uninitiated, those high elevations are more of a problem in the summer than in the winter (density altitude). On a hot day, some planes just won't get in the air there.

[SuziQ]

Yikes! That reminds me of the airport in Bozeman, MT. You come right over the tall mountains and head down into the the valley. Scaredest I've EVER been when landing anywhere!

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[milford421]

Thanks for the perspective.

You are correct...the eyewitness did not see the initial crash...only heard the first explosion.

[IonImplantGuru]

"(at 9,078' elev, 'the nations's highest airport)"

You're close, but Lake County (Leadville - KLXV) is generally considered to be the nation's highest , although with a slightly shorter runway. (9927'MSL, 6400' x 75' as opposed to 9078', 6870' x 100')."

Ya caught me with my pants down, blt. I knew it was one of the highest, but I should've kept my superlatives to myself. Thanks for keeping me honest.

[daylate-dollarshort]

It was reported earlier that the injured were taken to Grand Junction.