Greeley - Denver

On June 10, 1988 at 04:04 PM, Greeley - Denver experienced a crash involving Cessna 404 Titan, operated by Air Today, with the event recorded near Aurora Colorado.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The pilot was on a flight from Greeley to Denver, Colorado to obtain minor maintenance on a cargo door. As the aircraft was being vectored on final approach, the pilot reported that he believed the aircraft had fuel starvation. Subsequently, the aircraft was observed to make a complete roll and crash in a residential area. Only about 1.5 gallon of fuel was found in the right wing tank. The left wing and fuel tank were destroyed, but no odor of fuel was noted on the ground around the left wing. Also, a lack of fuel was noted in the fuel lines. The aircraft had not been refueled after the previous flight. The pilot that had flown the aircraft on a previous flight estimated there was 100 lbs of fuel remaining in each tank after his flight.

Aircraft reference details include registration N8827K, MSN 404-0424, year of manufacture 1978.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.7405°, -104.8310°.