Accident · 1989-03-06

What the record says

Event date

1989-03-06

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Minor injury

Aircraft

CESSNA A-185-F (N1292F)

Operating rule

Part 135

Operator

RUSTS FLYING SERVICE INC Matched by aircraft (N-number)

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN AN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, THE TURN TO REVERSE COURSE MANEUVER PERFORMED AT THE REDUCED AIRSPEED AND POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND THE DOWNDRAFT CONDITIONS.

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.