De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Jul 24, 2007 (5 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on July 24, 2007 near Ketchikan, Alaska, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: The pilot continued under VFR into...
- Date: July 24, 2007
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot continued under VFR into an area of instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were his inadequate weather evaluation and the FAA's inadequate surveillance of the tour operator.
A Taquan Air Beaver floatplane on a tour flight from Ketchikan was the second of three aircraft flying into a remote scenic area. Low cloud, rain and fog closed in, and the aircraft flew into steep, tree-covered terrain at about 2,500 feet. All five people on board were killed.