Accident · 1999-04-05
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-04-05
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32R (N1942H)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bellair, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- BELLAIR, INC.
Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to the failure of maintenance personnel to properly torque a connecting rod bolt during an engine overhaul, and the subsequent disconnection of the connecting rod bolt and connecting rod.
Source: NTSB case ANC99LA043Flight 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.