Attempting to salvage an unstabilized approach to Truckee-Tahoe (California, U.S.) Airport, the flight crew of the Bombardier Challenger CL-600 ignored repeated stall warnings before the airplane stalled and crashed to the ground, killing the two pilots and their four passengers, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says. The airplane was destroyed by the impact and a post-crash fire.
In its final report on the July 26, 2021, accident, NTSB said the probable causes of the loss-of-control crash included “the first officer’s (FO’s) improper decision to attempt to salvage an unstabilized approach by executing a steep left turn to realign the airplane with the runway centerline and the captain’s failure to intervene after recognizing the FO’s erroneous action, while both ignored stall protection system warnings, which resulted in a left-wing stall and an impact with terrain.”
The report cited as contributing factors “the FO’s improper deploy…
