What: Cessna 414A Chancellor En route from Texas to Hayden.
Where: Yampa Valley Regional Airport, Hayden, Colorado
When: Feb 19 2012 3:30 p.m.
Who: 6 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: Before flying to Colorado, the plane left Corpus Christi International Airport at 9 a.m. and stopped in Dalhart, Texas. By the time they reached Colorado, there was a heavy snow storm. The flight was coming in to the airport, and with zero visibility crashed 30 yards short of the airport.
Of the six aboard, two—a man and a woman—were killed on impact and four were injured. The plane crashed 300 yards from the airport’s fire station but did not catch afire. The four injured were conscious when they were taken to Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs. They had been going to Steamboat Springs for a ski vacation.
The name on the plane’s registration is Scott A. Humpal of Woodsboro Texas. The pilot and Humpal’s wife Gabby were the victims of the crash. Humpal and his three children survived the crash.
Eleven year old Sara, the youngest daughter, has a broken back. She is scheduled for surgery Monday. Scott has a punctured lung.
The NTSB is investigating.
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