Incident · 1996-06-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-06-06
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Beech 1900 (N81538)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the short in the windshield anti-ice low power braided copper lead wire caused a fire that had resulted from the manufacturer's inadequate design.
Source: NTSB case CHI96IA191Flight 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.