Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Dienstag 27 Februar 1990 |
Zeit: | 19:47 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Cessna 208A Cargomaster |
Fluggesellschaft: | Federal Express |
Kennzeichen: | N820FE |
Werknummer: | 20800043 |
Baujahr: | 1985 |
Betriebsstunden: | 3227 |
Triebwerk: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 1 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 1 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | 4,8 km (3 Meilen) von Denver International Airport, CO (DEN) ( USA)
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Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
Flug von: | Aspen Airport, CO (ASE/KASE), USA |
Flug nach: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), USA |
Unfallbericht:The Cessna Caravan was on an IFR flight to haul freight from Aspen (ASE) to Denver-Stapleton (DEN). Moderate to heavy icing conditions were forecast for the Denver area. While on an ILS runway 36 approach, the aircraft encountered icing conditions. Subsequently, it entered a steep descent and crashed short of the runway. The weather at Denver was reported as: clouds 800 feet scattered, 1000 feet broken, visibility 4 miles with freezing drizzle and snow showers, temperature 28 degrees F, dew point 25 degrees F.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accumulation of structural ice and subsequent stalling of the aircraft. The icing condition was a related factor."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 3 months | Accident number: | DEN90FA068 | Download report: | Summary report
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Informationsquelle:
» NTSB DEN90FA068
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Distance from Aspen Airport, CO to Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO as the crow flies is 180 km (113 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.