Accident · 1999-10-01
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-10-01
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- de Havilland DHC-2 MARK 1 (N9766Z)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees/terrain. Contributing factors were rising terrain and trees.
Source: NTSB case SEA00FA001Flight 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.