Accident · 2003-03-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-03-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208 (N205BA)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain altitude/clearance above the ground, resulting in a collision with snow and ice covered terrain during the final approach phase of a VFR landing. Factors in the accident were whiteout conditions and snow-covered terrain.
Source: NTSB case ANC03LA029Flight 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.