Accident · 2001-08-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-08-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207 (N9794M)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Denali Air Taxi, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Denali Air Taxi, Inc. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As:
Probable cause
The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions after becoming lost/disoriented. Factors in the accident were rising terrain, a blind/box canyon, low clouds, and rain.
Source: NTSB case ANC01LA099Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.