Bombardier Inc BD-100-1A10 accident near Windsor Locks, CT
On March 3, 2023, a Bombardier Inc BD-100-1A10 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Windsor Locks, CT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: minor.
- Date
- March 3, 2023
- Place
- Windsor Locks, CT
- Aircraft
- Bombardier Inc BD-100-1A10 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Minor
- Position
- 41.938°N, 72.688°W
- NTSB ID
- 20230304106816
Official records · ERA23LA135
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 3, 2023, about 1600 eastern standard time, a Bombardier BD-100-1A10 (Challenger 300) airplane, N300ER, was involved in an accident near Windsor Locks, Connecticut. One passenger was fatally injured. The two airline transport pilots and two other passengers were not injured. The airplane incurred minor damage. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The flight crew reported that they completed a flight from Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO), Leesburg, Virginia, to Dillant/Hopkins Airport (EEN), Keene, New Hampshire, with the accident passengers the day before the accident. The accident flight was the return flight to JYO and the first flight of the day. The SIC conducted an exterior preflight inspection of the airplane. His inspection was interrupted when he stopped to assist an employee of the fixed base operator who had brought ice to the airplane. After assisting the lineman, he resumed the preflight inspection where he thought he had stopped; however, he inadvertently left the non-streamer pitot cover on the right pitot probe. The PIC also did not observe the pitot probe cover and reported that the SIC had completed the exterior preflight checklist. The passengers arrived about 1500 boarded the airplane, and the pilots conducted an uneventful engine start and taxi. During the takeoff roll on runway 2, the SIC reported that the airplane accelerated normally; however, he observed that the right primary flight display (PFD) airspeed indicator failed to show an acceleration above 40 knots (kt
Probable cause
The flight crew’s failure to remove the right side pitot probe cover before flight, their decision to depart with a No-Go advisory message following an aborted takeoff, and their selection of the incorrect non-normal checklist in flight, which resulted in an in-flight upset that exceeded the maneuvering load factor limitations of the airplane and resulted in fatal injuries to a passenger whose sea
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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.
