Accident · 1998-09-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-09-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Grumman G-44 (N139F)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- FRESH WATER ADVENTURES INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- FRESH WATER ADVENTURES
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot's delayed remedial action (course reversal), low ceilings, rain, fog, and mountainous terrain.
Source: NTSB case ANC98LA138Flight 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.