ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324764
| Date: | Friday 3 March 1995 |
| Time: | 18:04 |
| Type: |  IAI 1124A Westwind II |
| Owner/operator: | Kennecott Corp |
| Registration: | N311BR |
| MSN: | 344 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3931 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-3-1G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gillette-Campbell County Airport, WY (GCC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Hayden-Yampa Valley Airport, CO (HDN/KHDN) |
| Gillette-Campbell County Airport, WY (GCC/KGCC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Entered a high sinkrate during an unstabilized final approach when the captain failed to retract the spoilers. The aircraft touched down short of the runway and the left main landing gear separated shortly thereafter.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot in command's failure to retract the spoilers and the consequent high sink rate on an unstabilized final approach. Factors contributing to the accident were: icing conditions, both pilots diverted attention, inadequate flight crew coordination, and inadequate (cockpit resource management) training. "
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