Accident · 1990-02-05

What the record says

Event date

1990-02-05

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Fatal injury

Aircraft

CESSNA 402B (N50GP)

Operating rule

Part 135

Operator

operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

PILOT DISPLAYED POOR INFLIGHT PLANNING BY SELECTING TO FLY INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT WHEN OPERATING IN SNOW SHOWER CONDITIONS AND COLLIDED INTO THE TERRAIN.

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.