Hop-A-Jet pilots Edward Murphy and Ian Hofmann had just 75 seconds between the first indication of trouble with their Bombardier Challenger 604’s GE Aviation CF34-3B engines and crash landing the twinjet on I-75 in Naples, Florida, on Feb, 9, 2024, according to a trove of documents released late on Friday by the NTSB. The first of three master caution warnings—left engine oil pressure—was recorded at 15:09:33 EST, followed by the same warning for the right engine one second later, and an engine warning six seconds later.
It took the crew an additional 20 seconds, at 15:10:05, to realize both engines stopped producing power while the airplane was at about 1,000 feet msl and 122 knots on a shallow intercept angle for the final approach course to Naples Municipal Airport (KAPF). The crew then transmitted to tower, “…lost both engines…emergency…making an emergency landing.” The tower controller acknowledged the call and cleared the airplane to land. While at about 900 feet and 115 knots, the crew replied, “We are cleared to land but we are not going to make the runway…ah…we have lost both engines.”
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