Albuquerque - Castle Rock

On November 19, 1979 at 08:15 PM, Albuquerque - Castle Rock experienced a crash involving Cessna 500 Citation, operated by National Jet Industries, with the event recorded near Castle Rock Colorado.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a cargo flight from Albuquerque to Castle Rock. On final approach, he encountered poor weather conditions with icing, low ceiling and snow falls, reducing the visibility to one mile in blowing snow. On approach, the airplane crashed in flames few miles short of runway threshold. A pilot was seriously injured while two other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N555AJ, MSN 500-0007, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.3723°, -104.8587°.