Accident · 2005-05-31

NTSB case DCA05MA071 · Bombardier, Inc. CL-600-2B19 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2005-05-31
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Bombardier, Inc. CL-600-2B19 (N417AW)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation

Probable cause

The opening of the service door when the airplane was pressurized. Contributing to the accident was the captain's failure to ensure that one of the airplane doors was open while a ground-cooling cart was connected, which resulted in pressurizing the airplane on the ground.

Source: NTSB case DCA05MA071

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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