Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 17 JAN 1990 |
| Time: | 07:19 |
| Type: | Cessna 208A Cargomaster |
| Operator: | Federal Express |
| Registration: | N835FE |
| C/n / msn: | 208-00091 |
| First flight: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2368 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 17 km (10.6 mls) SW of Leadville, CO (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), United States of America |
| Montrose County Airport, CO (MTJ/KMTJ), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 824 |
Flight 824 departed Denver at 06:42 for an IFR flight at FL180 to Montrose. The aircraft climbed to FL145 and maintained that altitude until crashing 50 feet (15 m) below the summit of the 14,221-ft (4350 m) Mount Massive. Toxicological tests revealed marijuana metabolite level of 37 ng/ml in urine and 1 ng/ml in blood. The pilot was once convicted in 1974 for possession of controlled substance, but had no other alcohol/drug convictions.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Diversion of the pilot's attention, resulting in an in flight collision with terrain during normal cruise flight." Events:
Sources:
» NTSB id DEN90FA043
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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 Denver International Airport, CO to Montrose County Airport, CO as the crow flies is 314 km (196 miles).
Distance from Denver International Airport, CO to Montrose County Airport, CO as the crow flies is 314 km (196 miles).
