Plane Crash Antidepressants 15/08/2008 Alaska Pilot Crashes: Five Dead: Pilot Faulted For Flying Into Bad Weather Summary:

Paragraph 3 reads: "NTSB faulted pilot Joseph Campbell, 56, for flying into bad weather."

Paragraph 5 reads: "Investigators also found Campbell had anti-depressants in his system and a history of depression. But officials say he was not impaired from the medication."

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The National Transportation Safety Board released its probable cause findings for a plane crash last year near Ketchikan that killed five people.

The Taquan Air Dehavilland Beaver crashed about 40 miles northeast of Ketchikan on a flight-seeing tour.

NTSB faulted pilot Joseph Campbell, 56, for flying into bad weather.

A photograph from a camera found in the wreckage shows the kind of weather they were flying through.

Investigators also found Campbell had anti-depressants in his system and a history of depression. But officials say he was not impaired from the medication.

The NTSB also cited the Federal Aviation Administration's inadequate surveillance of the commercial air tour operator