Initial reports on the crash of a Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron on June 28, 2013, were depressingly familiar. The aircraft was flying VFR through Broad Pass, near Cantwell, Alaska, and Denali, in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) when it impacted terrain, killing all three aboard. A pilot who was waiting out the weather at nearby Summit Airport reported the ceiling was 250-300 feet broken and an overcast at 350 feet with fog in the trees, when he saw the Baron fly overhead. The NTSB determined the probable cause was the pilot's continued visual flight into IMC, "which resulted in an in-flight collision with mountainous terrain." It happens a lot in Alaska, making this Baron crash easy to dismiss. A closer look at events behind this accident, however, shows there is much more to the story.
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