# NTSB Accident SEA04FA023
> **Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AT** · 2003-11-29 · Spokane, WA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA04FA023
- **Event ID:** 20031205X02005
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-11-29
- **Location:** Spokane, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.710834, -117.260559
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Fairchild Swearingen
- **Model:** SA227-AT
- **Registration:** N439AF
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper glidepath alignment during an ILS approach in poor weather resulting in collision with trees and terrain.  Contributing factors were the unreliable status of the primary (NAV 1) ILS receiver (leaving the pilot with only the secondary (NAV 2) ILS receiver), the low ceilings and trees.

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