# NTSB SEA98WA127: Cessna U-206F, N9516G, Tofino, Canada, July 6, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 6, 1998, 14:58 local (21:58 UTC)
- Place: Tofino, Canada
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 43718
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA98WA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43718/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98WA127

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9516G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9516G-2001-02-05), registration cancelled 2001-02-05, S/N U20601716 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna U-206F
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ruthford, Harold, L.
- Departed: PAE, EVERETT, WA
- Destination: NOOTKA ISLAND

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft overcast
- Observed at: WCV

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