Accident · 1993-11-05

NTSB case BFO94LA002 · FAIRCHILD SA 227-AC · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1993-11-05
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: FAIRCHILD SA 227-AC (N550TD)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: NORTHEAST EXPRESS AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): NORTHEAST EXPRESS AIRLINES INC

Probable cause

1) THE FAILURE OF THE RAMP AGENT TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES DURING THE SERVICING OF THE AIRPLANE, AND 2) HER LACK OF ATTENTION TO THE HAZARDS SURROUNDING HER. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT ARE 1) THE PRESSURE PLACED ON THE RAMP AGENT TO RUSH THE SERVICING OF THE DELAYED FLIGHT, AND 2) THE INADEQUATE MANUALS PROVIDED BY THE OPERATOR CONCERNING RAMP SAFETY.

Source: NTSB case BFO94LA002

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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