Date: | Friday 20 January 1989 |
Time: | 09:25 |
Type: | Convair CV-580 |
Owner/operator: | Aspen Airways |
Registration: | N73160 |
MSN: | 336 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Total airframe hrs: | 54108 hours |
Engine model: | Allison 501-D13H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Buena Vista, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) |
Destination airport: | Durango-La Plata Airport, CO (DRO/KDRO) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The no. 2 engine failed at FL200 and the aircraft returned. The remaining no. 1 engine also failed and the aircraft landed on a dirt road, hit a fence and a log pile causing the nosegear to collapse.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadvertent deactivation of fuel to the left engine as the pilot was making a precautionary shutdown of the right engine, and his failure to follow the emergency checklist procedure. Related factors were: low gearbox oil pressure (at flight altitude), and uneven terrain that was encountered during the emergency landing."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN89FA064 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/91 (#7)
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN); November 1980
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