Accident · 1989-09-15
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-09-15
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-31-350 (N70PE)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ameriflight, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AMERIFLIGHT
Probable cause
FAILURE OF THE RIGHT PROPELLER HUB DUE TO METAL FATIGUE WHICH RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC SEPARATION OF THE PROPELLER. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS DAMAGE DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME IN FLIGHT BY THE SEPARATING PROPELLER MAKING THE AIRCRAFT UNCONTROLLABLE.
Source: NTSB case LAX89FA314Flight 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.