Rifle - Denver

On December 22, 1992 at 08:22 PM, Rifle - Denver experienced a crash involving Rockwell Gulfstream 690C Jetprop 840, operated by Casper Air Service, with the event recorded near Golden Colorado.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) 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 listed crash cause is weather. While in a descent for arrival at the destination airport, the aircraft sustained structural failure with the right outer wing, horizontal stabilizer, and vertical stabilizer separating from the aircraft. The aircraft impacted approximately 10 miles from the planned destination. According to radar data and other research, the descent was conducted at vne and known severe turbulence was present in the area at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration N81TR, MSN 690-11690, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.7546°, -105.2206°.