Incident · 1992-07-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 1992-07-21
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- EMBRAER EMB-120 RT (N221YV)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- MESA AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- MESA AIRLINES, INC.
Probable cause
OPEN AIR GROUND CIRCUIT BREAKERS THAT ALLOWED THE PROPELLERS TO OVERSPEED. A FACTOR WAS: CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.
Source: NTSB case DEN92IA074Flight 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.