Accident · 1998-12-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-12-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207A (N1764U)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- YUTE AIR ALASKA Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- YUTE AIR ALASKA INC.
Probable cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors in the accident were dark night conditions, snow covered terrain, and low ceilings.
Source: NTSB case ANC99LA016Flight 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.