Accident · 1990-09-21

NTSB case LAX90FA331 · PIPER PA-31-350 · Part 135

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 LAX90FA331

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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