Ameriflight Crash

[pilotyip]

I was send a notice of an accident by a pilot friend of mine, saying that a SW-3 went down at Spokane, Washington in 1/4 mile fog on Saturday morning. The pilot was killed, it was on a UPS contract flight from Seattle. Name being withheld

 

[SATCFI]

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 439AF Make/Model: SW3 Description: SA-226TB, SA-227TT Merlin 3
Date: 11/20/2003 Time: 1606

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
City: SPOKANE VALLEY State: WA Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AMERIFLIGHT AMF1996, N439AF, A FAIRCHILD SWEARINGEN SW-3 AIRCRAFT CRASHED
INTO TREES A MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ON ILS APPROACH, ONE PERSON ON
BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, SPOKANE VALLEY, WA

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: METAR KSFF 291553Z 25005KT 10SM OVC004 06/06 A2983



OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase: Approach Operation: Air Taxi (On Demand)

Departed: BOEING FIELD SEATTLE Dep Date: 11/29/2003 Dep. Time: 1507
Destination: SPOKANE, WA Flt Plan: IFR Wx Briefing: N
Last Radio Cont: LOCAL CONTROL
Last Clearance: LOW ALTITUDE ALERT

FAA FSDO: SPOKANE, WA (NM13) Entry date: 12/01/2003

 

[wingnutt]

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