Accident · 1998-03-11
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-03-11
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Christen Industries A-1 (N9615G)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- US Dept Of Agriculture Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
Probable cause
The trainee-pilot's failure to maintain altitude during a low level turn. Contributing factors were the pilot-in-command's diverted attention inside the airplane, his failure to report the trainee's deficient airplane handling abilities, and the shoulder harness's incorrect seatback attachment location which was not rectified during required inspections.
Source: NTSB case LAX98GA110Flight 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.