2001 Avjet Gulfstream III crash

High school (ages 12+)
Safety & Emergency

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/2001-avjet-gulfstream-iii-crash

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote 2001 Avjet Gulfstream III crash?National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
2. What is the location of incident?Near Aspen, Colorado, a region characterized by high-altitude mountainous terrain
3. What is the aircraft type?Gulfstream III twin-engine business jet
4. What happened to the jet on March 29, 2001?The Gulfstream III jet flew from Los Angeles to Aspen, Colorado, but during its final approach it went too close to the ground and crashed into the mountains.
5. Why did the jet fly too low near the mountains?The captain started a descent below the safe altitude before seeing the runway, possibly because of pressure to be faster or because he misjudged the plane’s position.

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT): An accident in which an airworthy aircraft, under the control of the flight crew, is unintentionally flown into the ground or an obstacle.
Situational Awareness: The perception of the elements in the environment within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their future status.
Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA): The lowest altitude, expressed in feet above mean sea level, to which a direct descent to the runway may be made from an instrument approach.