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| Date: | 19-FEB-2012 |
| Time: | 15:30 MST |
| Type: |  Cessna 414A Chancellor |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4772A |
| C/n / msn: | 414A0095 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 30 yards short of the Yampa Valley Regional Airport - KHDN, Hayden, CO -
United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | KDHT |
| Destination airport: | KHDN |
Narrative:Operating on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan and while inbound to the Yampa Valley Regional Airport - KHDN, Hayden, Colorado, in a heavy snowstorm, the aircraft, a Cessna 414A Chancellor, N4772A, impacted terrain about 25 miles west of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
The commercial pilot and one passenger were fatally injured and four passengers were seriously injured.
The aircraft's owner/surviving passenger stated the airplane "just stalled" while maneuvering to land.
Sources:
http://www.kare11.com/news/national/article/963126/18/Plane-crashes-in-storm-in-Colo-2-dead-4-hurt http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/30496448/detail.html
http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_20001304?source=commented-
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4772A
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120219X83653&key=1
Revision history:| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 19-Feb-2012 20:32 |
Geno |
Added |
| 19-Feb-2012 21:02 |
Geno |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 20-Feb-2012 01:21 |
FLYINGBROTHER1 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2012 13:39 |
Geno |
Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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