Denver - Garden City

On December 3, 2003 at 05:55 AM, Denver - Garden City experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA226 Metro II, operated by Key Lime Air, with the event recorded near Denver-Intl Colorado.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was taxiing at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 human factor. The accident involved 2 Swearingen airplanes. The pilot of the first airplane reported that he had taxied north for departure. There were several company aircraft in front of him in line for departure so he came to a complete stop. The pilot of the second airplane reported that he was also taxiing north for departure. He had seen the lights from an aircraft holding short of runway 17R; however, he did not see the lights of the first airplane until it was too late. The pilot of the second airplane reported he applied full brakes and used reverse thrust but was unable to avoid hitting the first airplane. Both airplanes were substantially damaged.

Aircraft reference details include registration N60U, MSN TC-232, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.5425°, -104.8677°.