# NTSB Accident SEA89FA074
> **de Havilland DHC-2** · 1989-04-19 · PELICAN, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA89FA074
- **Event ID:** 20001213X28200
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1989-04-19
- **Location:** PELICAN, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 57.950977, -136.11026
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** de Havilland
- **Model:** DHC-2
- **Registration:** N62873
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). THE TERRAIN AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE FACTORS.

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