Accident · 2004-12-06

NTSB case SEA05FA025 · Cessna 208B · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2004-12-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 208B (N25SA)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Mountain Bird, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Mountain Bird Inc.

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while on approach for landing in icing conditions. Inadequate airspeed was a factor.

Source: NTSB case SEA05FA025

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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