NTSB issues final report on deadly 2023 Care Flight plane crash near Stagecoach

NTSB Releases Report on Deadly Care Flight Crash

(Reno, NV) — The NTSB’s final report on a deadly Care Flight crash near Stagecoach is now available. The crash happened in February of 2023, during a non-emergency transport of a patient from Reno-Tahoe International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport. The pilot, flight paramedic, flight nurse and two passengers died. The report, released Wednesday, cites “the pilot’s loss of control due to spatial disorientation while operating in …

NTSB issues final report on deadly 2023 Care Flight plane crash near Stagecoach

The NTSB has released its final report regarding a deadly Care Flight plane crash near Stagecoach in 2023.

NTSB Final Report Points to Breakup in Fatal Air Ambulance Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board cites poor weather and “insufficient risk assessment” as causal factors in the February 2023 fatal crash of an air ambulance Pilatus PC-12/15 in Stagecoach, Nevada.The pilot, two medical crewmembers, and two passengers were killed when the aircraft experienced a midflight breakup shortly after takeoff. The Pilatus was operating in night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). According to the 27-page …