Accident · 2021-07-26

What the record says

Event date

2021-07-26

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Fatal injury

Aircraft

BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B16 (N605TR)

Operating rule

Part 91

Operator

Aeolus Air Charter, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report

Operated by (per NTSB report)

AEOLUS AIR CHARTER

Probable cause

The first officer’s (FO’s) improper decision to attempt to salvage an unstabilized approach by executing a steep left turn to realign the airplane with the runway centerline, and the captain’s failure to intervene after recognizing the FO’s erroneous action, while both ignored stall protection system warnings, which resulted in a left-wing stall and an impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the FO's improper deployment of the flight spoilers, which decreased the airplane's stall margin; the captain’s improper setup of the circling approach; and the flight crew’s self-induced pressure to perform and poor crew resource management, which degraded their decision-making.

Flight crew

Certification and experience as recorded in the NTSB accident database for this event. The NTSB records these facts about the crew's flying history; GroundCheck shows them as filed, without names or identities.