Richmond – Columbia – Pueblo – Santa Ana

On February 16, 2005 at 09:13 AM, Richmond – Columbia – Pueblo – Santa Ana experienced a crash involving Cessna 560 Citation V, operated by Circuit City Stores, with the event recorded near Pueblo Colorado.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On February 16, 2005, about 0913 mountain standard time, a Cessna Citation 560, N500AT, operated by Martinair, Inc., for Circuit City Stores, Inc., crashed about 4 nautical miles east of Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, Colorado, while on an instrument landing system approach to runway 26R. The two pilots and six passengers on board were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration N500AT, MSN 560-0146, year of manufacture 1991.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.2640°, -104.6142°.