# NTSB Accident ANC07FA068
> **de Havilland DHC-2** · 2007-07-24 · Ketchikan, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC07FA068
- **Event ID:** 20070801X01084
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-07-24
- **Location:** Ketchikan, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 55.551387, -130.685562
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 5
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** de Havilland
- **Model:** DHC-2
- **Registration:** N995WA
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue under visual flight rules into an area of instrument metrological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, and the FAA's inadequate surveillance of the commercial air tour operator.

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