Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 25 AUG 1982 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: | Convair CV-440 |
| Operating for: | Air Resorts Airlines |
| Leased from: | National Flight Services |
| Registration: | N477KW |
| C/n / msn: | 210 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 37102 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB3 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Wolf Creek Pass, CO (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB/KPUB), United States of America |
| Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA (CLD/KCRQ), United States of America |
The aircraft collided with a mountain at 11700 feet while continuing VFR flight in worsening weather conditions. The aircraft was owned by National Flight Services, but operated by Air Resorts Airlines.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
VFR flight into IMC .. continued .. pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
weather condition .. clouds
terrain condition .. mountainous/hilly Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
N477KW was sold Ocean Airways before finally ending up at National Flight Services in September 1981
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO to Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA as the crow flies is 1279 km (799 miles).
Distance from Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO to Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA as the crow flies is 1279 km (799 miles).
