Accident · 1991-09-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-09-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- ATR ATR 42-300 (N243AT)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- SIMMONS AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SIMMONS AIRLINES
Probable cause
THE FAILURE, FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, OF THE NUMBER FOUR BEARING IN THE HIGH PRESSURE SPOOL OF THE ENGINE.
Source: NTSB case CHI91LA300Flight 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.