Accident · 2002-02-04
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-02-04
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 206 (N756HL)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Flight Alaska Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Flight Alaska, Inc.
Probable cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate ground clearance, which resulted in an in flight collision with terrain. Factors associated with the accident were flat light conditions, and snow-covered terrain.
Source: NTSB case ANC02FA014Flight 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.