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2007 Taquan Air Plane Crash
By Mike McComb
August 28, 2008
Thursday
If you read the entire accident report you will find that the
pilot was previously suicidal and also taking anti-depressant
medication at the time of the accident which would NOT allow
him to be legal to fly an aircraft.
The report also states that he lied on the medical application
about his medical and mental condition so he could obtain the
required medical certificate to fly an aircraft under the FAA
guidelines.
Taking prescribed anti-depressant medication is a disqualifying
factor to obtain an FAA Medical Certificate.
He should have never been flying that aircraft for Taquan Air
and the worst part is he knew it!
Mike McComb
Flagstaff, Az
About: "Commercial Pilot
for the past 25 years with 13,000 hours flight experience"
Received August 21, 2008 -
Published August 28, 2008
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Pilot & FAA Faulted in 2007 Misty
Fjords Fatal Plane Crash
- he National Transportation
Safety Board released its probable cause findings for the plane
crash near Ketchikan that killed five people on July 24, 2007.
The Taquan Dehavilland Beaver crashed in Misty Fjords about 40
miles northeast of Ketchikan during a flight-seeing tour. - More...
August 17, 2008
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