Cessna 340 crash, Sep 25, 1986 (5 killed), Crawford
Cessna 340 accident on September 25, 1986 near Crawford, Colorado, United States with 5 fatalities.
- Date: September 25, 1986
- Aircraft: Cessna 340
- Location: Crawford, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
Cessna 340A N6663G with five people aboard departed Gunnison, Colorado, for Grand Junction on 25 September 1986 under visual flight rules, without a filed flight plan or weather briefing. The pilot ran into a squall line with low ceilings, fog and mixed rain and snow, the aircraft entered cloud at low altitude and struck mountainous terrain near Crawford at about 7,500 feet, and all five occupants were killed.