- Date
- December 7, 1982, 19:07 local (Dec 8, 1982, 02:07 UTC)
- Place
- Pueblo, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30093Swearingen SA-227AC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821207062749A
- Case key
- 72321
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Analysis
At 1906 the flt was cleared to descend & maintain 7,500 ft, turn right to a heading 040 for an asr apch to Pueblo memorial arpt, & that the mda is 5,200. The flt read back "left to one forty five two zero zero." Approach control advised the flt that the heading was 040 & the flt acknowledged. There were no further communications with the flt. The acft was travelling in excess of an estimated 200 mph when it struck tundra in level flight on a heading of about 040. The coplt's autopsy revealed that the trachae, bronchi, & lungs contained aspirated gastric contents, including skeletal muscle fibers. Another company plt reported that the coplt had vomited during a flt on 11/14/82.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30093
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-227AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AC-449
- Airframe hours
- 2,269
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Pioneer Airlines
- Registered owner
- Pioneer Airlines
- Departed
- C · Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- C · Pueblo, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,534 total · 945 in this make and model · 234 as pilot in command · 234 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUB, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.