Incident · 1999-01-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-01-18
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Beech E90 (N16NM)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
Total failure of the elevator control cable due to a short circuit from chafing against an adjoining electrical cable, and failure of maintenance personnel to detect the problem during an AAIP phase inspection.
Source: NTSB case DEN99IA033Flight 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.