Accident · 1996-09-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-09-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 206 (N733KD)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- LAKE CLARK AIR INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- LAKE CLARK AIR — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: THE FARM
Probable cause
the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in intering a box canyon with insufficient altitude to either execute a turn to safety or outclimb rising terrain. A factor associated with the accident was: the pilot allowed the passenger to influence him to enter the canyon.
Source: NTSB case ANC96LA135Flight 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.