Mojave - Mojave

On April 3, 1980 at 09:10 AM, Mojave - Mojave experienced a crash involving Canadair CL-600 Challenger, operated by Bombardier Aerospace, with the event recorded near California City California.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Mojave-Kern County Airport in the morning on a series of tests on this new Bombardier prototype. While in cruising altitude, the crew initiated an unscheduled stall when the airplane reached an angle of attack of 34°. Control was lost and the airplane entered a dive. All three crew members bailed out and the airplane crashed in a desert area. Two crew members were injured while the third occupant was killed as his parachute failed to open.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GCGR-X, MSN 1001, year of manufacture 1978.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.0587°, -118.4165°.