Accident · 1991-01-21

What the record says

Event date

1991-01-21

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Minor injury

Aircraft

PIPER PA 32-300 (N1885H)

Operating rule

Part 135

Operator

Ameriflight, LLC Operator named in NTSB report

Operated by (per NTSB report)

AMERIFLIGHT

Probable cause

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IN THAT THEY IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED THE LEFT MAGNETO WHICH RESULTED IN THE COMPLETE EROSION OF THE ELECTRODES FROM SIX OF THE TWELVE INSTALLED SPARK PLUGS. THE INSTALLATION OF SPARK PLUGS WITH COLDER HEAT RANGES THAN SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND RISING TERRAIN AHEAD OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE FORCED LANDING WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

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.