Accident · 1995-01-21

NTSB case SEA95LA039 · PIPER PA-31-350 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1995-01-21
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: PIPER PA-31-350 (N36PB)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE FROM HIGHER TERRAIN THAT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE AIRPORT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: LOW CEILING, FOG, FALSE/INCORRECT INDICATION OF THE NDB, FAILURE OF OTHER PERSONNEL TO PROPERLY ISSUE A NOTAM CONCERNING THE NDB, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY THE NAVAID SIGNAL.

Source: NTSB case SEA95LA039

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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