Accident · 1989-05-22

NTSB case CHI89DEP05 · PIPER PA-25-235 · Part 137

What the record says

Event date: 1989-05-22
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-25-235 (N4395Y)
Operating rule: Part 137
Operator: AG AIR LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AG-AIR, INC.

Probable cause

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL. FACTORS RELATED TO TH ACCIDENT WERE: THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN AND TREES IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

Source: NTSB case CHI89DEP05

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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