| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 29, 2003 |
| Time: | 0801 |
| Location: | Spokane, Washington |
| Operator: | Ameriflight |
| Flight #: | 1996 |
| Route: | Seattle - Spokane |
| AC Type: | Swearingen SA227AT Merlin IVC |
| Registration: | N439AF |
| cn / ln: | AT-439B |
| Aboard: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The cargo plane struck trees one mile short of the runway. The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper glidepath alignment during an ILS approach in poor weather resulting in collision with trees and terrain. Contributing factors were the unreliable status of the primary (NAV 1) ILS receiver (leaving the pilot with only the secondary (NAV 2) ILS receiver), the low ceilings and trees. |
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