Accident · 1989-05-06

NTSB case ATL89FA142 · EMBRAER EMB-110-P1 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-05-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: EMBRAER EMB-110-P1 (N95PB)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Flight Line Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): FLIGHT LINE, INC.

Probable cause

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A VFR LANDING IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS THAT WERE BELOW MINIMUMS FOR THE PUBLISHED INSTRUMENT APPROACH AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND AFTER ALLOWING THE AIRPLANE TO DESCEND BELOW THE PROPER ALTITUDE.

Source: NTSB case ATL89FA142

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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