Accident · 1999-02-19
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-02-19
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Christen Industries A-1 (N2UJ)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- US Dept Of Agriculture Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- US DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from terrain. A factor was the dust devil encountered by the airplane.
Source: NTSB case LAX99TA105Flight 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.