Beech BE-90 accident near Rawlins, WY
On January 12, 2005, a Beech BE-90 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Rawlins, WY. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 12, 2005
- Place
- Rawlins, WY
- Aircraft
- Beech BE-90 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.819°N, 107.153°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050118X00064
Official records · DEN05FA051
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Transcripts of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 11, 2005, approximately 2145 mountain standard time, a Beech E-90, N41WE, operating as Yampa Valley Air Ambulance, was destroyed when it impacted terrain while flying the VOR/GPS approach to runway 22 at Rawlins Municipal Airport/Harvey Field (RWL), Rawlins, Wyoming. The airline transport pilot (ATP) and two flight nurses were killed, and the flight paramedic was seriously injured. The airplane was owned and operated by Mountain Flight Service, Inc., of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the time of the accident. The emergency medical services (EMS) repositioning flight was being conducted on an instrument flight rules flight plan under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulation Part 91. The cross-country flight originated at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, about 2116. About 2018, St. Anthony Hospital's dispatch in Denver, Colorado, sent a general launch page to Mountain Flight Service's on-call flight and medical crews to transport a patient from Rawlins, Wyoming, to Casper, Wyoming. About 2057, St. Anthony Hospital dispatch sent a general page indicating that N41WE was on the way to Rawlins with an estimated en route time of 30 minutes. About 2112:04, the Sector 11 controller at Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZDV) cleared the pilot for departure from Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS) to RWL, directing him to "climb and maintain one three thousand." About 2116:40, the pilot of N41WE contacted ZDV, stating "…out of nine thousand for one three thousand." The ZDV controller responde
Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather [severe icing] conditions, resulting in an aerodynamic stall impact with rising, mountainous terrain during approach. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate planning for the forecasted icing conditions.
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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.
