Accident · 1992-07-13

NTSB case ANC92FA106 · Short Brothers SC7 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1992-07-13
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Short Brothers SC7 (N20086)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Arctic Circle Air Service Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ARCTIC CIRCLE AIR SERVICE INC.

Probable cause

INADEQUATE SECURITY OF THE CARGO WHICH SHIFTED REARWARD DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE OVER GROSS WEIGHT CONDITION, AND THE IMPROPER ALTERATION OF THE TIE DOWN RINGS BY THE OVERHAULING MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

Source: NTSB case ANC92FA106

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.

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