- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 29, 2003
Time: 0851
Location: Cody, Wyoming
Operator: FedEx
Flight #: 8773
Route: Casper - Cody
AC Type: Cessna 208B Caravan I Super Cargomaster
Registration: N791FE
cn / ln: 208-0289
Aboard: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: While on approach after an 18 minute holding pattern the cargo plane crashed in a snowstorm on a highway before coming to rest in Alkali Lake located short of runway. The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors include the pilot's failure to divert to an alternate airport, an inadvertent stall, and the snow and icing conditions.
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