Accident · 1992-06-01

NTSB case ATL92LA122 · Airship Industries AIRSHIP 600 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-06-01
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Airship Industries AIRSHIP 600 (N600LP)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: AIRSHIP INTERNATIONAL Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIRSHIP INTERNATIONAL — None Operator Does Business As:

Probable cause

THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLES BY REPAIR FACILITY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, THE INSPECTOR'S INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF THE MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED, AND HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW DELINEATED PROCEDURES. AN ADDITIONAL CAUSE WAS THE INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND, IN THAT HE FAILED TO CONFIRM CORRECT CONTROL SURFACE MOVEMENT AS REQUIRED BY THE PRE-UNMASTING CHECKLIST.

Source: NTSB case ATL92LA122

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.

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