NTSB -- NTSB TO OPEN DOCKET ON INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRASH OF A PILATUS AIRCRAFT IN MONTANA

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

December 2, 2010

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NTSB TO OPEN DOCKET ON INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRASH OF A

PILATUS AIRCRAFT IN MONTANA

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As part of its continuing investigation into a plane crash

in Montana, the National Transportation Safety Board will

open the public accident docket on Friday, December 3, 2010.

On March 22, 2009, at 1430 mountain daylight time, a Pilatus

PC-12/45, N128CM, crashed near the approach end of runway 33

at Bert Mooney Airport (BTM), Butte, Montana. The airplane

was owned and operated by Eagle Cap Leasing of Enterprise,

Oregon, as a personal flight under the provisions of 14 Code

of Federal Regulations Part 91. All 14 people on board the

airplane were killed in the accident. There were no ground

injuries. The flight departed Oroville Municipal Airport,

Oroville, California, at 1110 Pacific Daylight Time (1210

mountain daylight time) on an instrument flight rules flight

plan and was destined for Gallatin Field, Bozeman, Montana.

The airplane was diverting to Butte at the time of the

accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the

time of the accident.

The information being released is factual in nature and does

not provide analysis. The docket includes: investigative

group factual reports, interview summaries, crew statements,

air traffic control transcripts, controller statements, the

meteorology report, and other documents.

Additional material will continue to be added to the docket

as it becomes available. Analysis of the accident, along

with conclusions and a determination of probable cause, will

come at a later date when the final report on the

investigation is completed.

The docket material will be made available at 10:00 am ET on

December 3 on the NTSB website at

http://www.ntsb.gov/dockets/foia_fri-dockets.htm#Aviation2010

in the FOIA electronic reading room. Details are listed by date.

This will be a document release only. No interviews will be

conducted.

Media Contact: Keith Holloway

202-314-6100

hollowk@xxxxxxxx

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