Accident · 1990-06-04

NTSB case BFO90FA054 · CESSNA 172RG · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-06-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 172RG (N5117U)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Kentucky Airmotive Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): KENTUCKY AIRMOTIVE, INC.

Probable cause

VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE (ALTITUDE) FROM MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE TERRAIN AND ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE RELATED FACTORS.

Source: NTSB case BFO90FA054

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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