Cessna 208B accident near Steamboat Spngs, CO
On May 5, 2001, a Cessna 208B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Steamboat Spngs, CO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 5, 2001
- Place
- Steamboat Spngs, CO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.456°N, 106.878°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010522X00983
Official records · DEN01FA094
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Transcripts of Telephone and Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 5, 2001, at 0856 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 208B, N948FE, owned by Federal Express Corporation of Memphis, Tennessee, and operated by Corporate Air, Inc., of Billings, Montana, as Airspur Flight 8810 (CPT8810), was destroyed when it collided with mountainous terrain approximately 3 miles south of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The airline transport pilot, the sole occupant aboard, was fatally injured. Day instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an IFR (instrument flight rules) flight plan had been filed for the on-demand cargo flight being operated under Title 14 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 135. The flight originated in Casper, Wyoming, at 0744, and was en route to Steamboat Springs. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) documents, the pilot telephoned the Casper Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) at 0433 on the morning of May 5, and requested weather reports for stations in northwestern Colorado. He was given an "abbreviated weather briefing," that included current weather observations for Casper, Rawlins, and Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Hayden, Craig, and Aspen, Colorado; current AIRMETs (Aeronautical Meteorology) that forecast occasional moderate rime and mixed icing in clouds and precipitation from 8,000 to 20,000 feet above mean sea level (msl), mountain obscurement in all quadrants, and occasional moderate turbulence above 18,000 feet; terminal forecasts for Casper, Rock Springs, and Rawlins; and winds aloft forecast for Crazy Woman and Medicine Bow, Wyoming, at 12,000 and 18,000 feet. The briefing w
Probable cause
an inadvertent stall during an instrument approach, which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing factors were the pilot's attention being diverted by an abnormal indication, conditions conducive to airframe icing, and the pilot's lack of total experience in the type of operation (icing conditions) in aircraft make/model.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
