| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 25, 1999 |
| Time: | c 17:25 |
| Location: | Mt. Mauna Loa, Hawaii |
| Operator: | Big Island Airlines |
| Flight #: | 58 |
| Route: | Sightseeing |
| AC Type: | Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Registration: | N411WL |
| cn / ln: | 31-8352039 |
| Aboard: | 10 (passengers:9 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 10 (passengers:9 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The sightseeing plane crashed on the northeast slopes of Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii at an altitude of about 10,500 feet. 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. |
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