NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
October 27, 2005

NTSB TO RELEASE FACTUAL REPORTS ON TETERBORO, NEW JERSEY CHALLENGER JET CRASH

Washington, D.C. - As part of its continuing investigation into an accident involving a corporate jet in Teterboro, New Jersey last February, the National Transportation Safety Board will open a public docket and release a series of factual reports on Monday, October 31, 2005, at 11:00 am.

On February 2, 2005, a Bombardier Challenger CL-600 corporate jet overran the departure end of runway 6 during an aborted takeoff attempt and crashed into a fence, two cars, and a warehouse. A postcrash fire ensued. The pilot, copilot, and two automobile occupants received serious injuries, and a cabin aid and eight passengers received minor injuries.

The information being released is factual in nature and does not provide any analysis. It will include investigative group factual reports, interview transcripts, cockpit voice recorder transcript, and other documents from the investigation. Additional material will be added to the docket as it becomes available. Analysis of the accident, along with conclusions and a determination of probable cause, will come at a later date when the final report on the investigation is completed.

For news media representatives, a CD-ROM containing the docket material will be available from the Office of Public Affairs, NTSB Headquarters (6th floor), 490 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. beginning at 11:00a.m., Monday, October 31, 2005. Docket material also can be obtained from the NTSB's Public Inquiries Branch by calling (202) 314-6551, or from General Microfilm, Inc., (304) 267-5830.

This will be a document release only; no interviews will be conducted.

Media Contact: Keith Holloway, (202) 314-6100
hollowk@ntsb.gov

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