De Havilland DHC-6 N25RM

4 December 1978 · Steamboat Spgs, Colorado, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 4 December 1978 at about 19:45 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N25RM, operated by Rocky MTN Airw, was involved in an accident during in flight near Steamboat Spgs, Colorado, United States. 22 people were on board and 2 died, 14 were seriously injured, 6 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 December 1978 at 19:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Steamboat Spgs, Colorado, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6
Registration: N25RM
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Rocky MTN Airw
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Denver, Co
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-3970

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
22	2	14	6	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WX EXCEEDED ACFT CAPABILITY TO MAINTAIN FLT.HIT MTN 10530FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 12/5/78.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

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40.4850, -106.8317
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Steamboat Spgs, Colorado, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-3970, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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2 Dec 1978	De Havilland DHC-6 N59AN	Watertown, New York, United States approximate position	E. A. Deeds	Minor injuries	-
19 Apr 1978	De Havilland DHC-6 N72348	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States approximate position	Ross Aviation.	No injuries	-
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5 Nov 1979	De Havilland DHC-6 N23BC	Tau, Samoa not on the map	South Pacific	Serious injuries	-

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