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N781RS
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2021 Vans RV-8 C/N 83046Discuss this aircraft in forum |
by Mark Pasqualino @ KOSH
| Manufacturer: | Vans |
| Model: | RV-8 Search all Vans RV-8 |
| Year built: | 2021 |
| Construction Number (C/N): | 83046 |
| Aircraft Type: | Fixed wing single engine |
| Number of Seats: | 2 |
| Number of Engines: | 1 |
| Engine Type: | Reciprocating |
| Engine Manufacturer and Model: | Titan IOX-370 |
| Registration Number: | N781RS |
| Current Status: | Registered |
| Address: | , United States |
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N781RS
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1978 Gates Learjet 35A C/N 218Discuss this aircraft in forum |
by Wire Service
| Manufacturer: | Gates Learjet |
| Model: | 35A Search all Gates Learjet 35A |
| Year built: | 1978 |
| Construction Number (C/N): | 218 |
| Aircraft Type: | Fixed wing multi engine |
| Number of Seats: | 10 |
| Number of Engines: | 2 |
| Engine Type: | Turbofan |
| Engine Manufacturer and Model: | Garrett TFE 731 SER |
| Also Registered As: | N256TW De-registered |
| Registration Number: | N781RS |
| Mode S (ICAO24) Code: | AA95C5 |
| Certification Class: | Standard |
| Certification Issued: | 2004-12-28 |
| Air Worthiness Test: | 1978-12-12 |
| Last Action Taken: | 2008-07-15 |
| Current Status: | Deregistered |
| Registration Cancel Date: | 2008-10-01 |
| Registration Type: | Corporation |
| Owner: | RSB INVESTMENTS INC |
| Address: | Washington, PA 153019078 United States |
| jay o'connor, 2006-01-24 00:00:00 | |
| NTSB Identification: LAX06FA071 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Wednesday, December 28, 2005 in Truckee, CA Aircraft: Learjet 35A, registration: N781RS Injuries: 2 Fatal. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On December 28, 2005, about 1406 Pacific standard time, the flight crew piloting a Gates Learjet, model 35A, N781RS, experienced an in-flight loss of control and descended into the ground on short final approach to runway 28 at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, Truckee, California. The airplane was owned and operated by RSB Investments, Inc., Washington, Pennsylvania, d.b.a. Skyward Aviation. The airplane was destroyed during the impact and post crash fire. The airline transport certificated captain and the commercial certificated first officer sustained fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed. The purpose of the flight was to reposition the airplane to Truckee in order to pickup passengers awaiting transportation to another location. The accident flight was performed under the provisions of 14 CFR 91, and it originated from Twin Falls, Idaho, about 1257. (All times used in this report have been converted to Pacific standard time.) The operator reported to the National Transportation Safety Board investigator that the subsequent on demand air taxi flight was to be performed under the provisions of 14 CFR 135. According to information received from the Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), its personnel cleared the airplane to perform the VOR/DME RNAV (GPS-A) approach to the Truckee-Tahoe (uncontrolled) Airport. A crewmember in the airplane acknowledged the clearance. Also, a crewmember informed the ARTCC radar controller that he had received the Truckee weather. The Truckee-Tahoe Airport has the following runways: Runway 10/28, which is 7,000 feet long by 100 feet wide, and runway 19/01, which is 4,650 feet long by 75 feet wide. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published two instrument approach procedures (IAPs) for the airport. These IAPs are named (1) "VOR/DME RNAV or GPS-A" and (2) "GPS RWY 19." Pertinent information regarding these IAPs for "category C" aircraft is as follows: (1) The GPS-A weather minima for a circling approach to the airport indicates an 8,200 feet mean sea level (msl) minimum descent altitude (MDA) and 3 miles visibility. No straight-in approach is published; and (2) The GPS Rwy 19 weather minima indicates a 7,340 feet msl MDA and 3 miles visibility. A straight-in approach to runway 19 is published along with a circling approach to the airport. The weather minima are the same for the straight-in and circling approaches to all runways. The ARTCC controller cleared the airplane to perform the GPS-A IAP, and a crewmember acknowledged the clearance. FAA recorded radar data indicates that the airplane proceeded on a southeasterly course toward the airport (runway 10/28) while descending past the Lolla initial approach fix (IAF), as published for the GPS-A approach. Thereafter, the airplane descended below the minimum altitude for which the FAA records radar data. Several witnesses, located in the vicinity of the airport, reported observing the airplane as it approached Truckee from the north. According to the witnesses, when they first observed the airplane it was flying in a southerly direction toward runway 19. The airplane flew over the airport and turned left (eastbound), thereby entering the left traffic pattern downwind leg for runway 28. The witnesses further reported observing the airplane turn onto the base and final approach legs for runway 28, while continuing to increase its left bank angle. One of the witnesses, who was located near the middle of the airport on the second floor of the terminal/airport administration building, made the following statement regarding his observations: "I...looked toward the approach end of RWY 28 and observed a white jet with tip tanks in an unusual attitude. The aircraft appeared to be about 300 feet agl [above ground level] in close to a 90-degree left bank and in the mist, trying to line up on runway 28. It appeared the aircraft had overshot [the runway's] centerline. As I continued to watch, it appeared the bank angle sharpened somewhat, the nose began to tuck and the aircraft slipped into the ground. On impact there was a fireball." Another witness, who was also in the administration building, made the following statement regarding his observations: "I saw the aircraft in and out of the clouds in a close base for [runway] 28. I then saw the aircraft emerge from a cloud in a base to final turn for runway 28. The aircraft appeared to be approximately 300-400 feet above the ground. The left wing was down nearly 90 degrees. The aircraft appeared north of the [runway 28] centerline. The aircraft pitched nose down approximately 30-40 degrees and appeared to do a 1/2-cartwheel on the ground before exploding. " The on scene examination of the accident site and airplane wreckage revealed evidence of left wing fragments in the ground swath at the initial point of impact (IPI). The IPI was located on estimated 10-degree upsloping ground, about 1/3-mile east of the approach end of runway 28. The approximate global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates of the IPI are 39 degrees 18.790 minutes north latitude by 120 degrees 07.469 minutes west longitude. The estimated elevation is 5,860 feet msl. The ground swath was approximately 3 feet deep by 10 feet wide at its widest point, and 75 to 100 feet long. Fragmented airplane components consisting of the airplane's wings, engines, empennage, and cockpit were located west of the ground swath and extended over an estimated 200-foot-long area. The cockpit was found at the western end of the wreckage distribution area, adjacent to the east side of the Martis Dam (airport perimeter) Road, at an estimated 5,875-feet msl elevation. In total, wreckage was observed over an estimated 300-foot-long area. The principal axis of the ground swath was 252 degrees, magnetic. The IPI was between 250 and 300 feet north of runway 28's extended centerline. Fire burned native vegetation in, and adjacent to, the impacted area, and also burned portions of the fragmented airplane structure. Regarding the meteorological conditions at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, elevation 5,900 feet msl, minutes prior to the ARTCC's issuance of the instrument approach clearance to the airplane the reported weather was, in part, wind from 220 degrees at 13 knots with gusts to 36 knots, and visibility 3 miles. The sky condition was as follows: 1,800 feet scattered, 2,400 feet broken, and 4,200 feet overcast. (Altitudes are above ground level.) Near the time that the airplane passed the Lolla IAP (12 miles west of the airport), the reported weather was, in part, wind from 200 degrees at 18 knots with gusts to 26 knots, and visibility 2 1/2 miles. The sky condition was as follows: 1,300 feet scattered, 1,800 feet broken, and 3,400 feet overcast. About the time of the accident the weather was, in part, wind from 210 degrees at 20 knots with 30-knot gusts, and visibility 1 1/2 miles. The sky condition was as follows: 1,200 feet scattered, 1,500 feet broken and 2,400 feet overcast. The visibility was variable between 1/2 and 5 miles. | |