# NTSB Accident DEN02GA074
> **Consolidated-Vultee P4Y-2** · 2002-07-19 · Estes Park, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN02GA074
- **Event ID:** 20020726X01227
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-07-19
- **Location:** Estes Park, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.312778, -105.236946
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Consolidated-Vultee
- **Model:** P4Y-2
- **Registration:** N7620C
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 4
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the inflight failure of the left wing due to fatigue cracking in the left wing's forward spar and wing skin.  A factor contributing to the accident was inadequate maintenance procedures to detect fatigue cracking.

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