What the records say
- When
- 4 Dec 1978
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 40.54° N, 106.66° W
- Description
- 1978 aviation accident
Rocky Mountain Airways Flight 217
1978 aviation accident in Colorado
Rocky Mountain Airways Flight 217, referred to in the media as the "Miracle on Buffalo Pass", was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Steamboat Springs, Colorado to Denver that crashed on Buffalo Pass. The aircraft, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, impacted terrain on a gentle slope and was partially buried in snow.
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