- Date
- April 1, 1990, 15:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2655VCessna 421-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900401006869A
- Case key
- 17825
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Probable cause
A loss of airplane control as a result control interference by the passenger following a struggle between the pilot and the passenger.
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
The airplane was observed flying erratically at a low altitude, then enter a left wing, nose low attitude, impacting the ground in a residential area. Autopsies on both occupants included findings of massive traumatic injuries sustained during a struggle. The passenger reportedly planned to take his life by jumping out of an airplane over the mountains of Colorado because he believed he had an inoperable brain tumor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2655V
- Reported as
- Cessna 421-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 532C0702
- Airframe hours
- 4,117
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520L, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Rocky Mountain Intensive, doing business as Air Care, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Skyways Associates Partnership
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 4, 1990 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- GNB · Granby, CO
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,102 total · 528 in this make and model · 55 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 15 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.