Accident · 1989-04-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-04-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- SIKORSKY S-58ET (N1168U)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE LOADING DURING GROUND OPERATIONS, AND FATIGUE CRACKING.
Source: NTSB case LAX89FA160Flight 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.