Accident · 1990-09-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-09-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-31-325 (N59783)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Frontier Flying Service Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- FRONTIER FLYING SERVICE
Probable cause
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ALTITUDE AFTER BECOMING DISTRACTED WITH AN ENGINE PROBLEM. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: LOSS OF POWER IN THE #2 ENGINE FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON AND THE LOW OVERCAST CONDITION.
Source: NTSB case ANC90FA161Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.