Accident · 1990-07-12
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-07-12
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-28-140 (N5330F)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- EXECUTIVE AIR Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- EXECUTIVE AIR, INC.
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE GASCOLATOR DRAIN BEING LEFT OPEN.
Source: NTSB case CHI90DER01Flight 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.