Accident · 1997-11-08
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-11-08
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B (N750GC)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hageland Aviation Services, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- HAGELAND AVIATION SERVICES INC
Probable cause
The pilot's disregard for lateral fuel loading limits, his improper removal of frost prior to takeoff, and the resulting inadvertent stall/spin. Factors involved in this accident were the improper asymmetrical fuel loading which reduced lateral aircraft control, the self-induced pressure to takeoff on time by the pilot, and inadequate surveillance of the company operations by company management.
Source: NTSB case ANC98MA008Flight 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.