- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 04, 1978 |
Time: | 1945 |
Location: | Near Steamboat Springs, Coloado |
Operator: | Rocky Mountain Airways |
Flight #: | 217 |
Route: | Steamboat Springs - Denver |
AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Registration: | N25RM |
cn / ln: | 387 |
Aboard: | 22 (passengers:20 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Forced to return to Steamboat Springs due to severe icing, the plane crashed into a 10,530 ft. mountain. Severe icing and strong downdraughts associated with a mountain wave which combined to exceed the aircraft's capability to maintain flight. Contributing to the accident was the Captain's decision to fly into probable icing conditions that exceeded the conditions authorized by company directives. |
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