Accident · 1998-09-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-09-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 (N233RM)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Eagle Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AMERICAN EAGLE, INC.
Probable cause
the wake turbulence encountered by Flight 146.
Source: NTSB case CHI98LA351Flight 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.