Accident · 1991-03-30
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-03-30
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-31T (N308SC)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- SOUTH CENTRAL AIR Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SOUTH CENTRAL AIR, INC.
Probable cause
THE FAILED NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPNER, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ROUGH ICE AND SNOW COVERED RAMPS WHERE THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN OPERATING AND THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE ON THE RUNWAYS.
Source: NTSB case ANC91LA043Flight 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.