| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 12, 1995 |
| Time: | 17:47 |
| Location: | Pleasanton, California |
| Operator: | West Air |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Visalia - Oakland |
| AC Type: | Cessna 208B Caravan I Super Cargomaster |
| Registration: | N754FE |
| cn / ln: | 208B-0249 |
| Aboard: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The cargo plane crashed while on approach. Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain visual contact with terrain and sufficient altitude for terrain clearance. Factors in the accident were the pilot's decision to initiate a descent 14 miles from the airport, and weather, specifically cloud conditions and darkness. |
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