Accident · 2007-08-18

NTSB case CHI07LA273 · Terpstra Exec 162F · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2007-08-18
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Terpstra Exec 162F (N428JT)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The inadequate installation of the horizontal stabilizer bracket by the pilot, the fatigue fracture seperation of vertical stabilizer bracket during cruise flight, and the aircraft control not possible by the pilot.

Source: NTSB case CHI07LA273

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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