Handley Page H.P.137 Jetstream crash, Apr 17, 1981 (13 killed)
Handley Page H.P.137 Jetstream accident on April 17, 1981 near Loveland, Colorado, United States with 13 fatalities. Cause: NTSB found that the Cessna...
- Date: April 17, 1981
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.137 Jetstream
- Location: Loveland, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: NTSB found that the Cessna pilot failed to contact Denver Center and climbed above 12,500 feet without an authorized Mode-C transponder deviation, that Denver Center routinely tolerated parachute jumps above 12,500 feet without Mode-C, and that both pilots failed to see and avoid each other.
Air US Flight 716, a Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream, collided in mid-air with a Cessna TU206 parachute aircraft from Sky's West Parachute Center while climbing near Fort Collins/Loveland Airport, Colorado. The Cessna broke up and crashed, and the Jetstream hit the ground nearly vertically. All 13 people on the Jetstream were killed; two skydivers in the Cessna also died in the collision.