- Date
- April 25, 1986, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 30 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73104Convair 580
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16817
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
N73104 was operating as aspen airway flt 416, scheduled pax service from aspen to Denver. The flt proceeded uneventfully until light turb was encounterd near Denver. The captain had authorized the flt attendant to perform beverage svc. After completing the svc, the flt attendant was in the aft galley when a moderate bump was encountered at 16,000 ft. the flt attendant received serious back injuries that left her incapacitated the remainder of the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73104
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4
- Engine
- Allison 501-D13H, 3,750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Aspen Airway, Inc
- Registered owner
- Aspen Airways, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ASE · Aspen, CO
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 20 nm away
Other investigations on N73104 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.