Accident · 2002-12-04
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-12-04
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 402C (N402ME)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Tex Star Air Freight Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Tex Star Air Freight Inc.
Probable cause
The failure of the attitude indicator, and the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control as a result of spatial disorientation following the failure of the attitude indicator. Contributing factors were a low ceiling, clouds, and dark night conditions.
Source: NTSB case FTW03FA054Flight 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.