Accidents
Preliminary Report: NTSB updates report on Truckee Learjet fatal
Learjet 35, Truckee, Calif., Dec.

Learjet 35, Truckee, Calif., Dec. 28, 2005–The NTSB has released its preliminary report of the RSB Investments Learjet accident, which killed the two-man crew. Cleared for the GPS-A approach, a circling approach, to Truckee-Tahoe Airport, the jet crashed short of Runway 28 after loss of control.

One witness said, “I saw the aircraft in and out of the clouds in a close base for 28. I then saw it emerge from a cloud in a base-to-final turn. It appeared to be approximately 300 to 400 feet above the ground. The left wing was down nearly 90 degrees. The aircraft appeared to be north of the runway centerline. It pitched nose down approximately 30 to 40 degrees and appeared to do a half cartwheel on the ground before exploding.”

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