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ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) -- Federal investigators say the pilot in a fiery fatal plane crash near Moab in 2008 failed to maintain clearance with the terrain during takeoff, but they haven't determined why.
The pilot and nine passengers died when the twin-engine, turboprop plane crashed Aug. 22, 2008, about three miles south of the Canyonlands Field Airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board said in a report this month that the failure to maintain terrain clearance was the probable cause of the crash.
The Beech A100 King Air was operated under a time-share agreement between Leavitt Group Wings LLC and a dermatology clinic whose employees were on board.
The NTSB findings were first reported by The Spectrum.
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