South Lake Tahoe - Denver

On February 9, 1975 at 09:56 AM, South Lake Tahoe - Denver experienced a crash involving BAc 111, operated by Jet Travel, with the event recorded near South Lake Tahoe California.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

44 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 44 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 38, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was engaged in a charter flight from South Lake Tahoe to Denver, carrying customers of the Sahara Tahoe Hotel. The takeoff was initiated in bad weather conditions with low clouds, visibility limited to 200 meters, heavy snow falls and an obscured sky. During the takeoff roll, after a course of 1,610 meters, the left main gear struck a snow berm. Directional control was lost and the airplane veered off runway to the left. The nose gear collapsed and the right wing was partially torn off before the airplane came to rest 66 meters to the left of the runway. All 44 occupants were evacuated, two passengers were slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N711ST, MSN 58, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.9319°, -119.9780°.