British AVRO 146-RJ70A N832BE

Summary

On 21 February 1996 at about 04:58 local time, a British AVRO 146-RJ70A registered N832BE, operated by Business Express, Inc., was involved in an incident near Rifle, Colorado, United States. 28 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 February 1996 at 04:58

Classification

Incident

Location

Rifle, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Rifle/Garfield County Reg (RIL)

Coordinates

39.5294, -107.7692

Aircraft

British AVRO 146-RJ70A

Registration

N832BE

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Business Express, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Minneapolis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW96IA124

Nobody was injured.

The copilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions, resulting in excessive airspeed, and his failure to attain the proper runway touch down point. Factors were inadequate dispatch procedures and the captain's improper inflight planning/decision in that runway conditions were not requested or obtained; a tail wind, a wet downhill runway, hydroplaning conditions, and the captain's failure to adequately supervise the copilot.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The first officer, who flew the LOC/DME-A approach to runway 26 at a Vref speed of 115+5 knots, said the airplane touched down 2500 feet past the threshold and went off the end of the 7000 foot runway, coming to a halt 300 feet beyond. The airport manager said, and FDR and GPS confirmed, the airplane touched down 4600 feet beyond the runway threshold at 138 knots ground speed and 119 knots indicated airspeed, and traveled 3400 feet before coming to a halt. Prior to landing, the crew did not request, nor did the airport or company dispatch give, runway condition, braking action, or precipitation reports. The captain said he found one inch of slush on the runway. The Airplane Flight Manual states landings 'on a slippery surface having a braking coefficient of friction of 0.05...are not permitted on a downhill runway unless the downhill slope is less than 0.5% and there is no tailwind component.' Runway 26 has a 1.2% downhill gradient and FDR data indicates the wind was 098 at 6 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.