Accident · 1990-07-24

NTSB case CHI90FA193 · PIPER PA-38 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-07-24
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-38 (N2508D)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Lumanair, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): LUMANAIR, INC

Probable cause

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT'S INABILITY TO RECOVER FROM A STALL/SPIN. FACTORS WERE: ACFT WT & BALANCE EXCEEDED, AND THE INSTRUCTOR'S AND STUDENT PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH ACFT.

Source: NTSB case CHI90FA193

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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