- Date
- December 27, 1982, 07:43 local (14:43 UTC)
- Place
- Aspen, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5301JCessna 404
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821227066949A
- Case key
- 69819
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Analysis
The right front seat pax, who is a private plt, stated that the plt did not use takeoff flaps. The acft lifted off at about 85K & immediately started buffeting. The acft then impacted a highway in a nose high, left wing low attitude & collided with a rock face mountain. According to the acft operating manual the rate-of-climb/maximum climb chart indicates that (with wing flaps up at a density alt of 6,000 ft) the acft required a climb speed of 103K. Flaps up lift off speed is 95K.
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
- N5301J
- Reported as
- Cessna 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4040643
- Airframe hours
- 373
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520M, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Gregory Murnane Murnane Aviati
- Registered owner
- Monarch Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- ASE · Aspen, CO
- Destination
- C · Salt Lake City, UT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ASE · Aspen-Pitkin County, runway 33, 6,001 × 80 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ASE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.