Accident · 1993-03-28

NTSB case SEA93FA084 · PIPER PA-23-250 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-03-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-250 (N63888)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: RYAN, LAWRENCE J. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): RYAN, LAWRENCE J.

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER CLEARANCE (AND/OR ALTITUDE) FROM MOUTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, CLOUDS, LOW CEILINGS, AND THE HIGH (MOUNTAINOUS) TERRAIN IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.

Source: NTSB case SEA93FA084

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.

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