ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280469
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| Date: | Sunday 17 July 2022 |
| Time: | 09:38 |
| Type: |  Cessna T337G Pressurized Skymaster |
| Owner/operator: | VX Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N337KN |
| MSN: | P337-0016 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gold Hill, CO -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Broomfield-Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, CO (BJC/KBJC) |
| Broomfield-Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, CO (BJC/KBJC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
On July 17, 2022, about 0938 mountain daylight time, a Cessna T337G, N337KN, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Gold Hill, Colorado. The pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial observation flight.
Recorded Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) data showed the airplane departed from Rocky Mountain Metro Airport (KBJC), Broomfield, Colorado, and proceeded along a westerly course for about 4 minutes, before a right turn to a north-westerly heading was initiated.
The ADS-B data showed at 0938:37 the airplane had ascended to an altitude of 9,500 ft mean sea level (msl). The tracking then showed the airplane making a descending left turn to an altitude of 8,600 ft msl by 0938:46. The airplane then initiated a right turn. The last recorded ADS-B target at 0938:47 at an altitude of 8,400 ft msl was located about 579 ft northeast of the accident site.
Multiple witnesses located near the accident site observed the airplane fly over their position, the right-wing rose abruptly and the airplane pitched nose down and “corkscrewed out of view” in a counterclockwise rotation.
The airplane impacted mountainous terrain on a heading of about 283°. The general accident area consisted of trees that were about 70 to 100 ft tall. The first identified point of contact was a cluster of 3 trees, that were broken about 17 to 20 ft above the ground.
The airplane came to rest mostly upright on a heading of about 091°. All major structural components of the airplane were located within about a 30 ft by 40 ft area. The area surrounding the wreckage was fire damaged.
The wreckage was recovered to a secure location for further examination.
Sources:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/kdvr.com/news/local/evacuations-plane-crashes-starts-wildfire-in-lefthand-canyon/amp/
https://coloradosun.com/2022/07/17/lefthand-canyon-plane-crash-boulder
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/faa-preliminary-report-4-dead-in-plane-crash-in-lefthand-canyon
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=337KN
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a3b0be&lat=39.986&lon=-105.319&zoom=12.0&showTrace=2022-07-17
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N337KN
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/64298_1585102518.jpg (photo)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2022 20:13 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 17-Jul-2022 21:17 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2022 01:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2022 02:13 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Category] |
| 18-Jul-2022 09:24 | ryan | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2022 11:09 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Category] |
| 18-Jul-2022 17:39 | Captain Adam | Updated [Total fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2022 03:18 | johnwg | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Jul-2022 19:48 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Aug-2022 21:17 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Nov-2023 14:36 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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