Accident · 1991-07-13

NTSB case LAX91FA310 · PIPER PA-23-250 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-07-13
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-250 (N515TW)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: KBMM RADIO, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): KBMM RADIO, INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER REFUELING AND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL CONTAMINATION AND THE INADVERTENT STALL.

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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