Here is the preliminary NTSB report....

http://www1.faa.gov/avr/aai/B_0102_N.txt

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message news:RJCJb.116684$VB2.301103@attbi_s51...
This morning's paper reports that a Seminole crashed near Cave Junction, Oregon, killing three. Of the four persons on board, three were flight instructors. Undefined power problems were reported by the pilot. Conditions were IMC.

The Seminole is not a real four passenger airplane any more than a Cessna 172 is. It just doesn't have the oomph needed to get on top of the weather, especially over mountains.

Bob Gardner