Accident · 1996-06-06

NTSB case LAX96FA228 · British Aerospace BA-3100/3201 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1996-06-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: British Aerospace BA-3100/3201 (N926AE)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: KENNETH A. DENYER Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): KENNETH A. DENYER

Probable cause

The flight crew's loss of directional control resulting from an attempted takeoff with the left propeller on the start lock. Factors in the accident were: the lack of cockpit caution/warning system/lights available to verify that the propellers are out of the start locks; and the captain's location in the right seat without access to the nosewheel steering tiller.

Source: NTSB case LAX96FA228

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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