1 fatal · CESSNA 208B · 2017-05-01 · Chignik Lake, AK, USA
Event
NTSB number
ANC17FA021
Event ID
20170502X12758
Type
Accident
Date
2017-05-01
Location
Chignik Lake, AK, USA
Coordinates
56.140277, -158.804992
Injuries
Highest injury
FATL
Fatal
1
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
CESSNA
Model
208B
Registration
N803TH
FAR Part
135
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
IMC
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into an area of mountainous terrain and instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). Contributing to the accident was the company's failure to provide the pilot with CFIT-avoidance recurrent simulator training as required by their CFIT avoidance program and the company's inadequate flight risk assessment processes, which did not account for the known weather hazards relevant to the accident route of flight.