Accident · 1993-04-03

NTSB case ANC93FA050 · CESSNA 207 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1993-04-03
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 207 (N6467H)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: RYAN AIR, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): RYAN AIR SERVICE, INC

Probable cause

THE PILOT INITIATED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE PILOT BY THE COMPANY, INADEQUATE OVERSIGHT BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, THE PILOT'S SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE TO CONDUCT THE FLIGHT, AND THE EXISTING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SNOW COVERED TERRAIN.

Source: NTSB case ANC93FA050

Flight 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.

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