Accident · 1998-09-09

NTSB case ANC98FA145 · de Havilland DHC-2 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1998-09-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-2 (N1433Z)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: RUSTS FLYING SERVICE INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): RUST'S FLYING SERVICE, INC.

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors associated with this accident were the pilot's unfamiliarity with the geographic area, the low clouds, his becoming disoriented, and the blind canyon into which he flew. An additional factor was the intentionally disabled stall warning system.

Source: NTSB case ANC98FA145

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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