Aircraft Accident Brief: Crash During Takeoff in Icing Conditions Canadair, Ltd., CL-600-2A12, N873G Montrose, Colorado November 28, 2004

On November 28, 2004, about 0958 mountain standard time,1 a Canadair, Ltd., CL-600-2A12, N873G, registered to Hop-a-Jet, Inc., and operated by Air Castle Corporation doing business as Global Aviation Glo-Air flight 73, collided with the ground during takeoff at Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), Montrose, Colorado. The on-demand charter flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and snow was falling. Of the six occupants on board, the captain, the flight attendant, and one passenger were killed, and the first officer and two passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The flight was en route to South Bend Regional Airport (SBN), South Bend, Indiana.

Author: National Transportation Safety Board

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jan 21, 2014

Number of Pages: 34 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1494787725

ISBN-13: 9781494787721