39.7392° N, 104.9847° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 8, 1990 · 13:30 local
Place
Denver, CO
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
RMAA
Aircraft
N926RM
Reported as
Dhav DHC7102
People aboard
15
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,105 total672 in this make and model215 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot was unable to maintain altitude due to extreme mountain wave. Flight was allowed to continue to destination.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO EXTREME MOUNTAIN WAVE. FLIGHT WAS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO DESTINATION.