# NTSB Accident SEA91FA216
> **PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2A-26 ISLANDER** · 1991-08-20 · KETCHIKAN, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA91FA216
- **Event ID:** 20001212X17973
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1991-08-20
- **Location:** KETCHIKAN, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 55.679771, -132.189224
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN
- **Model:** BN-2A-26 ISLANDER
- **Registration:** N68HA
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE VFR IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE UPSLOPING TERRAIN IN THE AIRCRAFT'S FLIGHT PATH AS WELL AS WEATHER CONDITIONS RESULTING IN AN OBSCURATION OF THE TERRAIN.

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