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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Boeing E75 · Vail, CO · June 26, 1991

Date
June 26, 1991 · 17:50 local
Place
Vail, CO
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N45747
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN91LA091
Reported as
Boeing E75
Reported engine
Lycoming R6808
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,450 total349 in this make and model38 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.

Encountered unrecoverable downdraft flying below mountain ridge. Made hard landing and flipped inverted.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED UNRECOVERABLE DOWNDRAFT FLYING BELOW MOUNTAIN RIDGE. MADE HARD LANDING AND FLIPPED INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.