Pueblo - Carlsbad

On August 25, 1982 at 01:30 PM, Pueblo - Carlsbad experienced a crash involving Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, operated by National Flights Services, with the event recorded near Wolf Creek Pass Colorado.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Pueblo to Carlsbad on behalf of Air Resort Airlines. While cruising at an altitude of 11,700 feet over a mountainous area under VFR mode, weather conditions deteriorated. Shortly later, the airplane struck trees and crashed. Both pilots were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N477KW, MSN 210, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.4832°, -106.8030°.