Accident · 1990-06-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-06-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- BOEING 727-281 (N743US)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- USAIR Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- USAIR
Probable cause
IMPROPER UTILIZATION OF THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.
Source: NTSB case ATL90FA135Flight 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.