Accident · 2005-01-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-01-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206F (N8313Q)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- West Isle Air, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- West Isle Air
Probable cause
The pilot not identifying unsafe landing conditions, and his subsequent intentional swerve during the landing roll resulting in impacting a ditch. Contributing factors were the ice/frost on the grass/dirt one-way runway (1,560 feet in length), the unexpected tail wind gust, and the ditch he encountered after he swerved to avoid going past the end of the runway into trees.
Source: NTSB case SEA05LA036Flight 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.