- Date
- December 4, 1978
- Place
- Steamboat Spgs, CO · STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 14 serious, 6 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25RMDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19781204044799A
- Case key
- 79651
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NTSB brief
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3970 78/12/4 NR.STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1945 N25RM PX- 1 13 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 29, 7340 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 3904 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 26 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 270 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- WX EXCEEDED ACFT CAPABILITY TO MAINTAIN FLT.HIT MTN 10530FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 12/5/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25RM
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
N25RMRegistration cancelled Dec 4, 1978 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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