Accidents
NTSB: Crew Errors Led to Fatal Injury Onboard Challenger
Failure to heed advisories, pilot-induced oscillations led to fatality
Image from NTSB report shows Challenger cockpit configuration
Image published in NTSB report with the caption "Figure 3: View of the cockpit in the accident airplane with the CAS location annotated (Source of Photo: Aircraft.com)"

Poor crew resource management and failure to heed an advisory message that should have triggered a no-go call contributed to a passenger’s fatal injuries on a March 3, 2023 flight onboard a Bombardier Challenger 300, according to probable causes and findings published in a final NTSB report about the accident. One passenger sustained fatal injuries during an in-flight upset caused by “pilot-induced oscillations following the autopilot disconnecting from [an] out-of-trim condition,” the report says. 

The flight originated at Dillant–Hopkins Airport (KEEN) in Keene, New Hampshire, and was bound for Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) in Virginia. The accident occurred about eight minutes into the Part 91 flight, which included two crew members and three passengers.