Accident · 1990-09-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-09-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-31-350 (N3558)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- PM Air, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- P.M. AIR
Probable cause
VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE DURING THE APPROACH TO LAND. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND FAILURE OF COMPANY/OPERATOR/MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE CURRENT WEATHER.
Source: NTSB case LAX90FA331Flight 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.