LaGuardia Runway Collision, Challenger 600 Dual Engine Flameout, and More NTSB Accident Reports
5/6/202646 min
Max Trescott and Rob Mark analyze the LaGuardia runway collision involving Jazz Flight 646 and an airport firetruck that was cleared to cross runway 4 shortly before the landing regional jet arrived. The discussion focuses on the timing of the crossing clearance, repeated stop instructions, the movement of the firetruck, and the runway entrance lights that extinguished just seconds before impact. Max explains how runway status lights, runway entrance lights, anticipated separation, and ASDE-X are intended to work, and why that design logic may have failed when a moving firetruck reached the runway edge.
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The episode also examines the final report on Bombardier Challenger 600 N823KD, which crashed on Interstate 75 near Naples, Florida after both GE CF34-3B turbofan engines flamed out. The NTSB cited corrosion in the engines’ variable geometry systems, which led to near-simultaneous compressor stalls and loss of thrust.
Additional accidents include Mooney M20J N1151H near Union County Airport, Mooney M20J N205MK near Ironton, Ohio, Beech F-33A Bonanza N8032X at Minneapolis Crystal Airport, Bell 206 N409AE in Tennessee, Beech A36 Bonanza N2882W near Olympic Valley, Beech Super King Air B200GT N86DS near Sharp, Louisiana, Globe GC-1B N2387B near Afton, MN and Extra 300L N22MW near Bandera, Washington.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:02
Welcome to NTSB News Talk, where we talk about recent accidents from the past few weeks, newly released NTSB preliminary and final reports, and other safety related news. The views expressed on this show are really just the opinions of the hosts and not the Aviation News Talk Network. This podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NTSB, the National Transportation Safety Board. This podcast is for entertainment and education and is not a replacement for flight instruction. Now, here are your hosts, CFI and award-winning aviation journalist Rob Mark, and Max Trescott, CFI and author who's trained as an accident investigator.
Max Trescott· Host0:44
Hello again, and welcome to NTSB News Talk. I'm Max Trescott, and sitting right across there, across from the desk there is my co-host. Hello, Rob.
Rob Mark· Host0:51
Hey, Max. It's, uh, good to be back.
Max Trescott· Host0:54
Hey, we've got a lot of stories here today. One of the big ones is about the LaGuardia crash, and we'll get to that a little bit later. But I got a question for you. What is it you always wanna make sure you've done before an accident occurs?
Rob Mark· Host1:08
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Max Trescott· Host1:10
Well, let's talk about Avemco.
Rob Mark· Host1:13
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