Accident description
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| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 06 DEC 2004 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Salmon Air |
| Registration: | N25SA |
| C/n / msn: | 208B-0866 |
| First flight: | 2000 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2117 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 11 km (6.9 mls) S of Bellevue, ID (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), United States of America |
| Hailey-Friedman Memorial Airport, ID (SUN/KSUN), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 1860 |
The aircraft collided with flat open terrain while on an RNAV (GPS) approach to Sun Valley's (SUN) runway 31. The Cessna was operating on a cargo flight under contract with United Parcel Service. The pilot of a Cessna Citation 525, who flew the same approach about 20 minutes prior to the accident, reported his aircraft was picking up moderate mixed ice on the wings and windshield.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while on approach for landing in icing conditions. Inadequate airspeed was a factor." Sources:
» FAA
» NTSB
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 Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) to Hailey-Friedman Memorial Airport, ID (SUN/KSUN) as the crow flies is 355 km (222 miles).
Distance from Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) to Hailey-Friedman Memorial Airport, ID (SUN/KSUN) as the crow flies is 355 km (222 miles).
