Accident · 1993-09-27

NTSB case CHI93FA378 · AERO COMMANDER 690A · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-09-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: AERO COMMANDER 690A (N242TC)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Midwest Flying Service, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MIDWEST FLYING SERVICE, INC.

Probable cause

was the pilot-in-command not maintaining aircraft control during the intermittent operation of the electrically operated attitude gyro. Factor's associated with this accident are an fluctuating (intermittent) electrical system inverter and the pilot-in-command not performing remedial action by using the vacuum powered attitude gyro and other flight instruments once the airplane was making a series of climbs, descents, and heading changes.

Source: NTSB case CHI93FA378

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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