Accident · 1995-08-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 1995-08-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-31-350 (N85115)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- PIETSCH FLYING SERVICE Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PIETSCH FLYING SERVICE
Probable cause
the pilot-in-command's continuing flight into adverse weather. Factors were the pilot-in-command's failure to obtain a weather observation and the adverse weather.
Source: NTSB case CHI95FA285Flight 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.