Accident · 1999-05-25

NTSB case CHI99FA165 · Air Tractor AT-400 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1999-05-25
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Air Tractor AT-400 (N400MJ)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Jordan Air, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): JORDAN AIR

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the poor weather conditions.

Source: NTSB case CHI99FA165

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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