Accident · 1993-08-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 1993-08-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-18 (N54938)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- LENTSCH, WILLIAM J. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- LENTSCH, WILLIAM J.
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE TAKEOFF CLIMB. FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY WINDS.
Source: NTSB case ANC93LA153Flight 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.