Grand Junction - Canadian

On March 28, 2011 at 08:25 AM, Grand Junction - Canadian experienced a crash involving Cessna 425 Conquest, operated by Crown Supply Company, with the event recorded near Canadian Texas.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While on a straight-in global-positioning-system approach, the airplane broke out of the clouds directly over the end of the runway. The pilot then remained clear of the clouds and executed a no-flap circling approach to the opposite direction runway. The pilot said that his airspeed was high when he touched down. The landing was hard, and the right main landing gear tire blew out, the airplane departed the runway to the left, and the left main landing gear collapsed. No preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures were found that would have precluded normal operation.

Aircraft reference details include registration N410VE, MSN 425-0097, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.9120°, -100.3839°.