Accident · 1989-12-01

NTSB case CHI90DEP02 · ROTEC PANTHER 2+ · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-12-01
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: ROTEC PANTHER 2+ (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

INADVERTENT PARTIAL DEPLOYMENT OF THE EMERGENCY BALLISTIC RECOVERY PARACHUTE RESULTING IN A LOSS OF ENGINE THRUST AND AERODYNAMIC CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Source: NTSB case CHI90DEP02

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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