| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | October 13, 1996 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Location: | Ketchikan, Alaska |
| Operator: | Air Taxi - Seaside Air Service |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | de Havilland DHC-2 |
| Registration: | N64276 |
| cn / ln: | 1025 |
| Aboard: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The float plane crashed 55 minutes after departure into a 3,200 ft. mountain. Continued flight by the pilot into adverse weather condition, and his failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from mountainous terrain. Factors related to the accident were the high/mountainous terrain, and weather conditions that included low ceilings. |
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