# Accident 19890105000219A: Cessna 208B, Aspen, CO, January 5, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1989, 07:39 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co - Sardy Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EKDA
- Location: 39.2249° N, 106.8123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2249&lon=-106.8123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N945FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N945FE-1991-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,347 total, 322 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890105000219A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK TREES ON MISSED APPROACH. PASSENGER,OBSERVER ALLEGED PIC MADE IMPROPER CONTROL INPUT AND APPROACH PROCEDURES

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN89FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA056), Jan 5, 1989: Cessna 208B (N945FE), Aspen, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: PILOT'S IMPROPER IFR PROCEDURE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDED MODERATE TURBULENCE, LOW CEILINGS, OBSCURATION AND SNOW.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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