Accident · 1998-01-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-01-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 402C (N114GP)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Redding Aero Enterprises, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- REDDING AERO ENTERPRISES
Probable cause
The pilot's encounter with a downdraft while approaching high terrain at an altitude insufficient to ensure adequate terrain or obstacle clearance.
Source: NTSB case LAX98FA075Flight 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.