Accident · 1989-07-30

NTSB case SEA89FA143 · PIPER PA-32-301 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1989-07-30
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-32-301 (N8257V)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: SKAGWAY AIR SERVICE, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SKAGWAY AIR SERVICE

Probable cause

IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TERRAIN WERE RELATED FACTORS.

Source: NTSB case SEA89FA143

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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