Accident · 1993-02-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 1993-02-20
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- CESSNA 206 (N5036U)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- SOUTH CENTRAL AIR Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SOUTH CENTRAL AIR
Probable cause
THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOT REMOVING THE FROST FROM THE PLANE'S AIRFOIL SURFACES BEFORE TAKEOFF AND NOT ABORTING THE TAKEOFF WHEN THE AIRPLANE SHOWED NO SIGN OF WANTING TO FLY AT THE INITIAL ROTATION POINT/AIRSPEED. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ICING CONDITIONS.
Source: NTSB case ANC93LA035Flight 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.