Accident · 1996-08-05
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-08-05
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206F (N8313Q)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- West Isle Air, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- WEST ISLE AIR
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to correctly judge the surface winds in the vicinity of the runway. Factors relating to the accident were: a tailwind during landing, a short runway with a wet surface, and an embankment/drop-off at the end of the airstrip.
Source: NTSB case SEA96LA177Flight 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.