Accident · 1997-05-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-05-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207 (N7405)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate remedial action upon encountering a downdraft on final approach. The downdraft was a factor.
Source: NTSB case SEA97LA113Flight 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.