ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30401
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| Date: | Saturday 25 September 1999 |
| Time: | 17:26 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Big Island Air Inc |
| Registration: | N411WL |
| MSN: | 8352039 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4523 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Pahala, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Kona, HI (KOA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The full report (NTSB/AAB-01-02) is available on the NTSB Web site. See http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/publictn.htm for details.
On September 25, 1999, about 1726 Hawaiian standard time, Big Island Air flight 58, a Piper PA-31-350 (Chieftain), N411WL, crashed on the northeast slope of the Mauna Loa volcano near Volcano, Hawaii. The pilot and all nine passengers on board were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postimpact fire. The sightseeing tour flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 as an on-demand air taxi operation. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions existed at the Keahole-Kona International Airport, Kona, Hawaii, from which the airplane departed about 1622. The investigation determined that instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the vicinity of the accident site.
Probable Cause: the pilot's decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) in an area of cloud-covered mountainous terrain. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's failure to properly navigate and his disregard for standard operating procedures, including flying into IMC while on a visual flight rules flight plan and failure to obtain a current preflight weather briefing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DCA99MA088
FAA register: NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X19727&key=1
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=411WL
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Jun-2015 18:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 22:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2017 13:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2017 15:54 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 14-Dec-2017 09:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 17:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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