Accident · 1992-08-25

NTSB case FTW92FA218 · FAIRCHILD SA 227-AC · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-08-25
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: FAIRCHILD SA 227-AC (N342AE)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: LONE STAR AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): LONE STAR AIRLINES

Probable cause

INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION BY THE OPERATOR'S MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, AND THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO ASSURE PROPER TRAVEL DIRECTION OF THE AIRPLANE'S PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS AFTER BEING MADE AWARE OF THE NATURE OF THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED.

Source: NTSB case FTW92FA218

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.

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