- Date
- January 11, 1986, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Granby, CO
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N425SCCessna 425
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860111002459A
- Case key
- 17060
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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.
Analysis
Drg arrival, the plt advised ARTCC that the destination arpt appeared to be covered with fog. She then canceled her IFR flt plan. According to ground witnesses, the acft made several passes over the arpt. Witnesses also rprtd that the horizontal visibility was nil, but they could see blue sky directly above. Drg the last pass, the acft crossed over the apch end of the rwy with the gear & flaps extended, angling to the left of the rwy hdg. Moments later, witnesses heard the engs go to full power, then silence followed. The acft was fnd where it impacted rising snow covered terrain aprx 1/8 mi south of the midpoint of the arpt. There was evidence that the acft was in a steep descending, right wing low attitude when it crashed. No preimpact part failure/malfunction was fnd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N425SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 425
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 425-0126
- Airframe hours
- 935
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-112, 450 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Jayhawk Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- Silver Creek Development
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 12, 1985 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- HUT · Hutchison, KS
- Destination
- GNB
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GNB · Granby-Grand Co, runway 27, 5,250 × 70 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,085 total · 156 in this make and model · 2,920 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.