| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1990 |
| Time: | 07:19 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208A Cargomaster |
| Owner/operator: | Federal Express |
| Registration: | N835FE |
| MSN: | 20800091 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2368 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 17 km SW of Leadville, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) |
| Montrose County Airport, CO (MTJ/KMTJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Flight 824 departed Denver at 06:42 for an IFR flight at FL180 to Montrose. The aircraft climbed to FL145 and maintained that altitude until crashing 50 feet (15 m) below the summit of the 14,221-ft (4350 m) Mount Massive. Toxicological tests revealed marijuana metabolite level of 37 ng/ml in urine and 1 ng/ml in blood. The pilot was once convicted in 1974 for possession of controlled substance, but had no other alcohol/drug convictions.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Diversion of the pilot's attention, resulting in an in flight collision with terrain during normal cruise flight."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB id DEN90FA043
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