Accident Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 N444AR, Wednesday 18 November 1981
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Date:Wednesday 18 November 1981
Time:18:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic MU2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mitsubishi MU-2B-35
Owner/operator:Aldora Corporation
Registration: N444AR
MSN: 555
Year of manufacture:1971
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:N Eagle, CO -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:Shreveport, LA
Destination airport:Eagle, CO
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The aircraft impacted a ridge of Red and White Mountain at an elevation of 9700 feet.
It was a dark night with overcast ceiling and the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed at North Eagle near Walcott, CO.


Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: DEN82FA008
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 6 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB
USCAR
AL 183

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
20-Sep-2013 12:20 wf Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Apr-2014 17:49 Anon. Updated [Nature, Narrative, ]
10-Feb-2025 08:26 ASN Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]

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