Cessna CE-560 accident near Kremmling, Colorado, August 23, 2009
On August 23, 2009 at about 3:06 pm local time, a Cessna CE-560, registered N802QS, was involved in an accident during taxi near Kremmling, Colorado (Mcelroy Airfield). It was flown under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 8 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The lineman’s inadvertent encounter with jet blast.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 23, 2009 · about 3:06 pm local time · cases in 2009
- Place
- Kremmling, Colorado · Mcelroy Airfield · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 8 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna CE-560 CITATION V
- Registration
- N802QS · registry record · serial 560-0706
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot was taxiing the airplane away from the fueling depot when jet blast from the engines knocked over and seriously injured the lineman. There were no reported mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction during taxi defining event
The NTSB's findings
- cause Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › (general) › (general) › Effect on personnel
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 4,254 hours in all; 1,054 in this make and model; 61 in the last 90 days; 22 in the last 30 days
- Last flight review: May 10, 2009
- Medical certificate: None (without waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Co-pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 4,553 hours in all; 1,245 in this make and model; 67 in the last 90 days; 22 in the last 30 days; 1,693 on instruments
- Last flight review: April 19, 2009
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,242 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, July 27, 2009
- Maximum gross weight: 16,830 lb
- Seats: 10
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine 1: Pratt & Whitney 535A (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Engine 2: Pratt & Whitney 535A (turbofan); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 20V Kremling CO at 3:06 pm
- Destination: VNY Van Nuys CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 090° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 63°F (17°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter: 30.25 inHg
- Observation at 3:15 pm from KHDN, 50 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 6 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
2 documents, released by the NTSB on November 25, 2009. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 9 pages | View Download |
| 2 | Witness Statement | PDF, 2 pages | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N802QS on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Cessna 72,677 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Pratt & Whitney 535A · as the NTSB recorded it
- Engine: Pratt & Whitney 535A · as the NTSB recorded it
- MC Elroy Airfield · nearest airport
- Van Nuys Airport · bound for
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,860 since 1982 · 383 in the last ten years
- Colorado 7,486 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/CEN09LA541.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
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