- Date
- December 23, 1983, 09:12 local (16:12 UTC)
- Place
- Aspen, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N768TCessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831223063679A
- Case key
- 16305
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the snow to the side and short of the rwy during the approach to land. The plt said the acft was blown off line and his vision was obscured by blowing snow. The acft hit REIL lights and stopped 760 ft short of the approach end of the rwy. The weather was 3000 ft scattered, estimated 4000 ft overcast, visibility 6 miles in light snow showers, wind from 310 degrees at 15 KTS. 30 minutes later was indefinite ceiling 100 ft obscured visilbity 2 miles in blowing snow and fog, wind from 330 degrees at 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N768T
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0935
- Airframe hours
- 3,137
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H1, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Howard Calloway & Ralph Walton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- SKX · Taos, NM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ASE · Aspen, runway 15, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,938 total · 820 in this make and model · 5,586 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 7 °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.