Incident · 1996-12-11

NTSB case CHI97IA041 · Boeing 757-225 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1996-12-11
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Boeing 757-225 (N603AU)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: USAIR Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): USAIR

Probable cause

inadequate installation of electrical wiring for an audio entertainment system associated with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA5537NM, and a subsequent short in the wiring. Factors relating to the accident were: inadequate design (installation instructions) by the STC holder (Hughes-Avicom International), and inadequate maintenance by company maintenance personnel.

Source: NTSB case CHI97IA041

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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