# Accident 20010127039219A: Beech 200BEECH, Strasburg, CO, January 27, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2001, 17:37 local time
- Place: Strasburg, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7467° N, 104.2500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7467&lon=-104.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81PF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81PF-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 10
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA01MA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA01MA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010127039219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 28, AT 0037 GMT, A BEECHCRAFT KING AIR 200, N81PF, REGISTERED TO NORTH BAY CHARTER, LLC, CRASHED APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES EAST OF STRASBURG, COLORADO, WHILE ON A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT, DENER RAY MILLS, COPILOT BJORN GUNNAR FAHLSTROM AND EIGHT PASSENGERS WERE KILLED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT (BJC) ON JANUARY 28, 2001 AT 0017 GMT.

## 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 DCA01MA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA01MA017), Jan 27, 2001: Beech 200 (N81PF), Strasburg, CO, destroyed, 10 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s spatial disorientation resulting from his failure to maintain positive manual control of the airplane with the available flight instrumentation. Contributing to the cause of the accident…

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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