| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 25, 2002 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Location: | Off Manteo, North Carolina |
| Operator: | Telford Aviation |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Elizabeth City - Manteo |
| AC Type: | Cessna 208B Caravan I |
| Registration: | N1122Y |
| cn / ln: | 208B-0392 |
| Aboard: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | On a positioning flight, while on approach, the plane crashed into Croatan Sound. The pilot's continued descent below the minimum descent altitude, for undetermined reasons, while performing a NDB approach, resulting in the airplane crashing into water 1.5 miles from the airport. A factor in the accident was a cloud ceiling below the minimum descent altitude and low visibility. |
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