| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 25, 2015 |
| Time: | 1343 |
| Location: | Ella Lake, Alaska |
| Operator: | Promech Air |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Sightseeing |
| AC Type: | de Havilland DHC-3T Vazar TurbineOtter |
| Registration: | N270PA |
| cn / ln: | 270 |
| Aboard: | 9 (passengers:8 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 9 (passengers:8 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The Twin Otter crashed while on a sightseeing tour carrying cruise ship passengers. The plane impacted a granite rock face cliff near Ella Lake, about 25 miles northeast of Ketchikan. The pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in his geographic disorientation and controlled flight into terrain. |
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