Accident · 1997-03-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-03-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9-87 (N753RA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- RENO AIR Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- RENO AIR
Probable cause
the captains failure to have the airplane deiced prior to takeoff which resulted in ice ingestion into both engines. Factors associated with the accident were the icing weather conditions, wing ice, an inadequate detection of the ice during the preflight, and the dark lighting conditions when the first officer was performing the preflight.
Source: NTSB case CHI97FA083Flight 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.