Accident · 2000-10-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 2000-10-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B (N941FE)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Empire Airlines, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- EMPIRE AIRLINES INC.
Probable cause
The pilot's attempted flight into known adverse weather conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain altitude above, or clearance with, trees. Factors contributing to the accident included low ceilings, fog, the pilot's low-altitude flight, rising terrain, and trees.
Source: NTSB case SEA01FA001Flight 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.