Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	09 OCT 2000
Heure:	09:51 PDT
Type/Sous-type:	Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster
Opérant pour:	Empire Airlines
Loué à :	FedEx
Immatriculation:	N941FE
Numéro de série:	208B-0192
Année de Fabrication:	1989
Heures de vol:	3526
Moteurs:	1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114
Equipage:	victimes: 1 / à bord: 1
Passagers:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 0
Total:	victimes: 1 / à bord: 1
Dégats de l'appareil:	Substantiels
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	Lummi Island, WA (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol:	En vol (ENR)
Nature:	Cargo
Aéroport de départ:	Bellingham Airport, WA (BLI/KBLI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:	Eastsound-Orcas Island Airport, WA (ESD), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol:	665

Détails:
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."

Sources:
» NTSB