Fort Collins - Salt Lake City

On September 12, 1985 at 08:00 PM, Fort Collins - Salt Lake City experienced a crash involving Rockwell Grand Commander 680, operated by Air Parcel Express, with the event recorded near Fort Collins Colorado.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot was operating his aircraft under the rules of 14 cfr 135, i.e., a scheduled domestic cargo flight. He made a normal departure and climb en route to Salt Lake City, UT. Normal communications and radar flight following was established with Denver ARTCC. Approximately 8 miles west of fort collins, the aircraft suddenly disappeared off of radar and voice contact with the pilot was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration N45724, MSN 680-1291-2, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.5872°, -105.0770°.