Aviation Crash Map

Stinson 108-2 N9715K

25 May 1991 · Gold Bar, Washington, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 25 May 1991 at about 20:00 local time, a Stinson 108-2 registered N9715K, operated by SEE Narrative Report, was involved in an accident near Gold Bar, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Gold Bar, Washington, United States
Coordinates
47.8608, -121.6600
Aircraft
Stinson 108-2
Registration
N9715K
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
SEE Narrative Report
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bainbridge Is → Lake Isabel
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA91FA119

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE OBSTACLES (TREES). THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITION (FOG) WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AS THE PLT WAS ON AN APCH TO LAND ON A LAKE, THE LEFT WING OF THE FLOAT PLANE STRUCK A TREE NEAR THE SHORELINE & THE ACFT CRASHED. A WITNESS, WHO HEARD THE CRASH, STATED THAT THERE WAS DENSE FOG IN THE AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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