Accident · 2006-07-10

NTSB case SEA06FA139 · Piper PA-31-350 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2006-07-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (N40ST)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Airpac Airlines, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Airpac Airlines

Probable cause

The loss of power in both engines for undetermined reasons while in cruise flight, leading to an attempted forced landing. Factors include unfavorable winds at the site of the forced landing, and trees off the approach end of the grass runway the pilot was attempting to land on.

Source: NTSB case SEA06FA139

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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