Kalispell - Great Falls

On February 21, 1990 at 07:28 PM, Kalispell - Great Falls experienced a crash involving Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, operated by Corporate Air - USA, with the event recorded near Hungry Horse Montana.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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. Airspur flight 500, a domestic cargo flight, departed Kalispell, MT, at 1903 mdt with an IFR flight plan to Great Falls, MT. At 1922, the pilot notified Salt Lake ARTCC he was returning to Kalispell due to a rough running engine. Shortly thereafter, the pilot reported the engine had failed completely. The pilot made an emergency forced landing on a mountain ridge at the approximately 5,500 feet level in IFR conditions. Accident location was approximately 18 nm east of Kalispell. Engine disassembly later revealed the #4 connecting rod had failed catastrophically. The pilot escaped with minor injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration N91146, MSN 207-0090, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.3826°, -114.0560°.