Accident · 1989-10-07

NTSB case MIA90FA008 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-31 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1989-10-07
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-31 (N958VJ)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: U.S. AIR Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): US AIR

Probable cause

INADEQUATE WEATHER EVALUATION AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE GROUND GUIDE (MECHANIC) BY COMPANY/OPERATOR/MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, FAILURE OF THE GROUND GUIDE TO FOLLOW SAFETY PROCEDURES, AND THE WEATHER CONDITION (LIGHTNING).

Source: NTSB case MIA90FA008

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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