Accident · 1991-09-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-09-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- CESSNA 208 (N9438F)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- MARKAIR EXPRESS, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- MARKAIR EXPRESS INC.
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S INATTENTIVE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE THE ENGINE OIL TUBE FILLER CAP RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL AND OIL PRESSURE AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMPENSATE FOR WIND CONDITIONS DURING THE FORCED LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ENGINE FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING ON SOFT TERRAIN.
Source: NTSB case ANC91FA142Flight 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.