Friday, February 13, 2026

Cessna 560XL Citation Excel, N4KS, incident occurred on February 12, 2026, at Yampa Valley Regional Airport (HDN/KHDN), Hayden, Colorado

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N4KS

- History of Flight:
On February 12, 2026, at about 1107 local time, a 
Cessna 560XL Citation Excel, N4KS, registered to OA-Air LLC and being operated by Silverhawk Aviation, sustained unknown damage following an aborted takeoff from runway 10 at Yampa Valley Regional Airport (HDN/KHDN), Hayden, Colorado. The two occupants onboard were not injured.

The FAA reported: "Aircraft aborted takeoff due to engine fire resulting in hard braking damaging the landing gear." ADS-B data show that the airplane accelerated to about 95 knots groundspeed before it initiated a fast stop.

Figure  1: ADS-B exchange data

- Weather:

METAR KHDN 121756Z AUTO 06003KT 1SM -RA BR BKN001 BKN029 OVC037 01/01 A3024 RMK AO2 RAB35SNE35 SLP243 P0002 60018 T00110006 10011 20000 51006 FZRANO $

METAR KHDN 121805Z AUTO 08004KT 2 1/2SM BR BKN001 OVC034 02/02 A3024 RMK AO2 VIS 1V5 RAE1757UPB1757E1759 P0000 FZRANO $

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