Canadair CL-600-2A12 accident near Teterboro, New Jersey, April 2, 2005
On April 2, 2005 at about 10:17 pm local time, a Canadair CL-600-2A12, registered N169TA, was substantially damaged in an accident near Teterboro, New Jersey (Teterboro airport). It was an executive or corporate flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The captain's improper recovery from a bounced. A factor in the accident was windshear.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 2, 2005 · about 10:17 pm local time
- Place
- Teterboro, New Jersey · Teterboro · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Canadair CL-600-2A12 · all CL-600-2A12s on the register
- Registration
- N169TA · registry record · serial 3041
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive or corporate flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The departure, climb, en route, and descent portions of the flight were conducted without incident. The airplane was vectored onto the final approach course for the ILS 19 approach at Teterboro, New Jersey, and the captain configured the airplane to land. He flew the approach at Vref plus 30 knots because of turbulence and reported wind gusts. As he initiated a flare to land on runway 19, the airplane encountered windshear. It touched down hard on the main landing gear, bounced, and then touched down again on the nose wheel. The captain stabilized the airplane, slowed to taxi speed, and exited the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the pressure bulkhead in the vicinity of the nose gear box. The wind 26 minutes prior to the accident was recorded as 150 degrees at 26 knots, gusting to 37 knots.
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
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 7,000 hours in all; 1,400 in this make and model; 68 in the last 90 days; 20 in the last 30 days; 6,000 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: February 21, 2005
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Co-pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 8,000 hours in all; 800 in this make and model; 85 in the last 90 days; 27 in the last 30 days; 7,000 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: February 21, 2005
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 5,578 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, January 21, 2005; 54 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 45,100 lb
- Seats: 11
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: General Electric CF34-3A (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Engine 2: General Electric CF34-3A (turbofan); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: DAL Dallas TX at 7:30 pm
- Destination: TEB Teterboro NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 19, 7,000 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 150° at 26 knots, gusting 37
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 1,500 ft
- Temperature: 55°F (13°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter: 29.35 inHg
- Observation at 9:51 pm from TEB
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number NYC05CA068.