Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 09 OCT 2000 |
| Hora: | 09:51 PDT |
| Tipo: | Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Operado por: | Empire Airlines |
| Alquilado a : | FedEx |
| Registración: | N941FE |
| Numéro de série: | 208B-0192 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1989 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 3526 |
| Motores: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Lummi Island, WA (Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Bellingham Airport, WA (BLI/KBLI), Estados Unidos de América |
| Eastsound-Orcas Island Airport, WA (ESD), Estados Unidos de América | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 665 |
Flight 665 departed Bellingham (BLI) at 09:43 on a Special VFR ATC clearance for a flight to Orcas Island (ESD). The aircraft was seen flying in and out of clouds at a low altitude until it struck wooded terrain at an altitude of about 220 feet (67 m) asl.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's attempted flight into known adverse weather conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain altitude above, or clearance with, trees. Factors contributing to the accident included low ceilings, fog, the pilot's low-altitude flight, rising terrain, and trees." Fuentes:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bellingham Airport, WA to Eastsound-Orcas Island Airport, WA as the crow flies is 29 km (18 miles).
Distance from Bellingham Airport, WA to Eastsound-Orcas Island Airport, WA as the crow flies is 29 km (18 miles).
