ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 10112
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| Date: | Saturday 2 March 1974 |
| Time: | 14:22 |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 |
| Owner/operator: | Capital National Corporation |
| Registration: | N711AH |
| MSN: | 523 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sunlight Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Houston, Texas |
| Aspen, Colorado | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) March 2, 1974 when crashed at Glenwood Springs, Colorado: aircraft was flying below clouds, near mountain peaks. Pilot became lost and/or disorientated, and was running low on fuel. He made a Left turn to locate the airport at Aspen, hit a mountain and flew into trees. Of the seven persons on board (pilot and six passengers) the pilot and four passengers were killed, the remaining two passengers were seriously injured. Wreckage Recovered on March 4, 1974.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: DEN74AD041 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=83210&key=0&queryId=4a236487-694b-465f-86f6-26cbfb4bf49f&pgno=1&pgsize=50
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=711AH
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1974/archives/crash-of-a-mitsubishi-mu-2-marquise-in-aspen-5-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/co/N711AH/
5. https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-times-weekly-cover-story-reconciling-the-plane-crash/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Dec-2012 00:19 | Topaz | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 22-Dec-2012 00:20 | Topaz | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Sep-2013 17:57 | wf | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 21-Oct-2016 14:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2016 14:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2019 16:51 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2019 17:03 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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