Date:	Wednesday 29 October 2003
Time:	08:54
Type:	Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster
Owner/operator:	Corporate Air, lsf FedEx
Registration:	N791FE
MSN:	208B0289
Year of manufacture:	1991
Total airframe hrs:	6885 hours
Cycles:	6599 flights
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	0,5 km SW of Cody-Yellowstone Regional Airport, WY (COD) -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Casper Airport, WY (CPR/KCPR)
Destination airport:	Cody-Yellowstone Regional Airport, WY (COD/KCOD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Weather was poor as flight 8773 approached Cody (DOC). The Cessna entered a holding pattern from 08:19 to 08:37 until it was cleared for a runway 04 approach. The airplane crash-landed on Highway 14-16-20 just south of the airport. The plane then slipped through about 2 inches of slush on the highway, off an embankment and came to rest inverted in about 4 feet of water in Alkali Lake.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors include the pilot's failure to divert to an alternate airport, an inadvertent stall, and the snow and icing conditions."

15:55 UTC / 08:55 local time:
COD 291555Z 00000KT 1SM BKN002 OVC010 01/M02 A2944 RMK A01 -SN

NTSB

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