About 1452 mountain standard time, on March 27, 1980, a Beechcraft Super King Air, BE-200, N456L, owned and operated by Lufkin Industries, Incorporated, of Lufkin, Texas, crashed and burned in an open field near Parker, Colorado. The flight had departed Arapahoe County Airport, Colorado, at 1434:15 for a flight to Lufkin. About 9 1/2 minutes after departure, the pilots of N456L declared an emergency because of airframe icing. The aircraft was being vectored to land at Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, when it crashed into an open field about 13 miles east of Arapahoe County Airport. The two pilots and eight passengers on board were killed in the crash and subsequent ground fire. The aircraft was destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the rapid accumulation of ice on the underwing surface aft of the deicing boots which destroyed the aircraft's capability to maintain level flight.
Aircraft Accident Report - Lufkin Industries, Inc., Beechcraft Super King Air, BE-200, N456L Near Parker, Colorado, March 27, 1980
1982
37 pages
Report
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English
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