Accident · 1991-02-07

NTSB case CHI91LA093 · PIPER PA-28-181 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-02-07
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-181 (N6205J)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: AVIATION SERVICES GROUP, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AVIATION SERVICES, INC.

Probable cause

IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL/MUSH ONTO SNOW COVERED TERRAIN BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SNOW COVERED TERRAIN WERE RELATED FACTORS.

Source: NTSB case CHI91LA093

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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