Accident · 1995-01-11
What the record says
- Event date
- 1995-01-11
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- CESSNA 208B (N746FE)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Empire Airlines, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- EMPIRE AIRLINES, INC.
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly configure the aircraft fuel system prior to takeoff, and his failure maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude while maneuvering to return to the airport. Factors in the accident were the dark night lighting conditions, low ceilings, restricted visibility conditions, and the pilot's diverted attention which resulted from activation of the airplane's fuel selector warning horn system.
Source: NTSB case LAX95FA076Flight 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.