Accident · 1989-10-19
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-10-19
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- CESSNA 207 (N1517U)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- FREIGHT RUNNERS EXPRESS INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- FREIGHT RUNNERS, INC.
Probable cause
PILOT'S IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION AND HIS DELAY IN DECIDING TO GO AROUND. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S VISUAL PERCEPTION ON THE CROWNED RUNWAY, HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF SPEED AND REMAINING DISTANCE ON THE RUNWAY, AND UNEVEN TERRAIN BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
Source: NTSB case CHI90LA015Flight 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.