ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326397
| Date: | Thursday 5 January 1989 |
| Time: | 07:39 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Owner/operator: | Federal Express |
| Registration: | N945FE |
| MSN: | 208B0046 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1041 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km E of Aspen Airport, CO (ASE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) |
| Aspen Airport, CO (ASE/KASE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft encountered turbulence while approaching the missed approach point of Aspen Airport (ASE) runway 15. A missed approach procedure was executed and a left turn was made at 15 DME. The pilot did not execute a right hand turn as he was supposed to, because he feared that the plane might stall when initiating an immediate right hand turn over higher terrain. The airspeed decayed to 96 knots and the aircraft collided with trees on a mountain.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot's improper IFR procedure. Contributing factors included moderate turbulence, low ceilings, obscuration and snow."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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