Accident · 1990-11-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-11-20
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- CESSNA T210L (N22054)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- South Aero, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SOUTH AERO, INC.
Probable cause
AN INADVERTENT DESCENT INTO THE GROUND WHILE CONDUCTING A NON-PRECISION INSTRUMENT APPROACH, AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT FAILING TO STOP HIS DESCENT AT MDA. A FACTOR IS LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG.
Source: NTSB case DEN91FA020Flight 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.