Poor decisions, company culture, cause fatal crash of sightseeing plane
A pilot’s decision to continue flying under visual flight rules in weather conditions warranting instrument flight rules, coupled with a company’s culture and lack of a formal safety program, caused a 2015, Ketchikan, Alaska, plane crash, according to a determination made Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Nine people died when the de Havilland DHC-3 (Otter) airplane, operated by Promech Air, Inc., of Ketchikan, Alaska, crashed in mountainous, tree-covered terrain near Ketchikan, June 25, 2015.