ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326194
| Date: | Friday 6 October 1989 |
| Time: | 22:05 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Owner/operator: | Westchester Air |
| Registration: | N208W |
| MSN: | 20800115 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 980 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Uncertain, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Uncertain, TX |
| Destin Airport, FL (DSI/KDTS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Caravan I took off at night from a private/unlighted strip with a professional (ATP) pilot and the non-instrument rated owner/pilot at the controls. After takeoff, the aircraft entered a slight left turn. Subsequently, it hit the top of a tall pine tree, about 80 feet (25 m) above ground level and 202 feet (62 m) left of the runway centreline. The aircraft then crashed into other trees after travelling about an additional 450 feet (138 m). It was not determined which pilot was actually flying the plane. Toxicology checks showed the owner had a blood/alcohol level of 0.041% (41 mg/dl) and a urine/alcohol level of 0.012% (12 mg/dl). Toxicology checks of the professional pilot's blood and urine were negative for alcohol.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper planning/decision by the pilot-in-command, and failure of the aircrew to maintain runway alignment and clearance from the high obstructions (trees) beside the runway. Related factors were: weather conditions, dark night, lack of runway edge lights, lack of visual perception by the pilot(s), and trees beside the runway."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB Id FTW90FA005
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