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Old 10th Jul 2009, 02:04
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Bill Harris
 
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NTSB report SEA07FA277 out today:

SEA07FA277

In a nutshell:

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with downdrafts that exceeded the climb capability of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the downdrafts, high density altitude, and mountainous terrain.
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