Accident · 2004-02-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-02-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 402B (N6387X)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Air Exec, Inc. Matched by aircraft (N-number)
Probable cause
The failure to maintain obstacle clearance during an intentional low altitude maneuver and the ostentatious display by the pilot-in-command. A factor to the accident was the tree.
Source: NTSB case CHI04LA065Flight 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.