Incident · 1997-10-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-10-20
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B (N9304F)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Peninsula Airways Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PENINSULA AIRWAYS INC.
Probable cause
inadequate inspection of the aileron by company maintenance personnel, and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the aileron, which led to the jamming of the left aileron due to loose balance weight retaining screws.
Source: NTSB case ANC98IA004Flight 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.