Accident · 1998-04-07

NTSB case CHI98FA119 · Cessna 208B · Part 135

What the record says

Event date
1998-04-07
Event type
Accident
Highest injury level
Fatal injury
Aircraft
Cessna 208B (N868FE)
Operating rule
Part 135
Operator
Corporate Air Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report)
CORPORATE AIR, INC.

Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach which resulted in an inadvertant stall. Factors associated with the accident were the icing conditions and the pilot's low level experience in this make and model of airplane.

Source: NTSB case CHI98FA119

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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