Accident · 1997-02-14

NTSB case NYC97LA054 · Cessna 208B · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1997-02-14
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 208B (N922FE)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Baron Aviation Services, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): BARON AVIATION SERVICE

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain the airplane on the ILS glide slope, which resulted in a descent below the glide path, and the inadvertent in-flight collision with a utility pole. Contributing factors were sleet/snow, dark night conditions, and the pole.

Source: NTSB case NYC97LA054

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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