Accident · 1992-03-05

NTSB case CHI92FA104 · CESSNA 414 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1992-03-05
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 414 (N69662)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Airborne Flying Service, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIRBORNE FLYING SERVICE, INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT IN ATTEMPTING FLIGHT AFTER THE AIRPLANE'S FUSELAGE WAS DAMAGED DURING A LOADING OPERATION. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE OPERATOR'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE PROPER WEIGHT AND BALANCE DATA FOR THE AIRPLANE, THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO SUPERVISE THE LOADING OPERATION, AND HIS FAILURE TO ACCEPT THE SERVICES OF A MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE.

Source: NTSB case CHI92FA104

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.

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