Accident · 1997-01-02

NTSB case MIA97FA057 · Cessna 208B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1997-01-02
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 208B (N802TH)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: TAR HEEL AVIATION INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): TAR HEEL AVIATION INC. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As:

Probable cause

the pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors in this accident were: fog, the low ceiling, and the dark night.

Source: NTSB case MIA97FA057

Flight 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.

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