Fatal aviation accident: Cessna U206G near Essex (2004-09-20)
type: AccidentReport
start date: 2004-09-20
location: Essex, MT, USA
  type: Place
  geo: GeoCoordinates
    latitude: 48.316944
    longitude: -113.736114
description: Probable cause: The pilot's misidentification of the airplane's location, which resulted in his improper decision to fly into the wrong drainage, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance while executing a turn to reverse course after he realized his navigational error. Contributing factors were the low visibility due to mist, obscuration of the mountainous terrain, and the pilot's lack of experience in back country flying.
death toll: 3
injured count: 2
citation: DigitalDocument
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
source organization: US National Transportation Safety Board
publisher: AI Analytics

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property ID: NTSB Case Number
value: SEA04GA192

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