Accident · 2002-12-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-12-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 421C (N3855C)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- AIR TRANSPORT INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Air Transport Inc.
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors contributing to the accident were the high mountains, mountain obscuration, the dark night condition, and the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision making.
Source: NTSB case FTW03FA055Flight 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.