Canadair CL-600 accident near Jefferson City, MO

On October 14, 2004, a Canadair CL-600 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jefferson City, MO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

October 14, 2004

Place

Jefferson City, MO

Aircraft

Canadair CL-600 · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

38.499°N, 92.130°W

NTSB ID

20041015X01633

Official records · DCA05MA003

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
• Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations

Air traffic control records

• Operations 2-Attachment 18 Court Reporter Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• Operations 2-Attachment 19 Court Reporter Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• Operations 2-Attachment 20court Reporter Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• Operations 2-Attachment 21 Court Reporter Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• Operations 2-Attachment 22 Court Reporter Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-07/01. On October 14, 2004, about 2215:06 central daylight time, Pinnacle Airlines flight 3701 (doing business as Northwest Airlink), a Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N8396A, crashed into a residential area about 2.5 miles south of Jefferson City Memorial Airport (JEF), Jefferson City, Missouri. The airplane was on a repositioning flight from Little Rock National Airport (LIT), Little Rock, Arkansas, to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), Minneapolis, Minnesota. During the flight, both engines flamed out after a pilot-induced aerodynamic stall and were unable to be restarted. The captain and the first officer were killed, and the airplane was destroyed. No one on the ground was injured. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. Flight 3701 departed LIT about 2121. The flight plan indicated that the company-planned cruise altitude was 33,000 feet. About 5 seconds after takeoff, when the airplane was at an altitude of about 450 feet mean sea level (msl) (about 190 feet above ground level), the first of three separate pitch-up maneuvers during the ascent occurred when the flight crew moved the control column to 8º airplane nose up (ANU), causing the airplane's pitch angle to increase to 22º and resulting in a vertical load of 1.8 Gs. The rate of climb during this pitch-u

Probable cause

(1) the pilots’ unprofessional behavior, deviation from standard operating procedures, and poor airmanship, which resulted in an in-flight emergency from which they were unable to recover, in part because of the pilots’ inadequate training; (2) the pilots’ failure to prepare for an emergency landing in a timely manner, including communicating with air traffic controllers immediately after the emer

From Wikipedia

On October 14, 2004, Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, a Bombardier CRJ200 on a repositioning flight from Little Rock to Minneapolis, crashed while attempting an emergency approach to Jefferson City Memorial Airport in Missouri, United States. Both pilots, the only two people on board, were killed. The aircraft was originally scheduled to fly a passenger flight from Little Rock to Minneapolis earlier that day, but a mechanical issue forced the flight to be delayed. Since the aircraft was still needed for Pinnacle Airlines operations out of Minneapolis the next day, the airline elected to ferry the aircraft to Minneapolis. The two pilots made the aircraft climb to 41,000 ft (12,000 m), the maximum operating altitude of the CRJ200. Due to the weight of the aircraft at that altitude, the thrust available could not maintain the required airspeed. Due to the low energy state with maximum power, it slowly slowed down and subsequently stalled, resulting in turbulent airflow to both engines, which flamed out.

Text from Wikipedia, “Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.