- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 13, 2000
Time: 0034
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Operator: Win Win Aviation
Flight #: ?
Route: Hinckley, IL - Louisburg, NC
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
Registration: N201RH
cn / ln: 163
Aboard: 3   (passengers:2  crew:1)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane, on a positioning flight crashed into rugged woods during an approach to land. The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions, by failing to maintain altitude, and descending from VFR conditions into IMC, which resulted in him subsequently impacting with trees. Factors in this accident were: reduced visibility due to dark night and fog. An additional factor was the pilot was not certified for instrument flight.
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