Accident · 1992-03-04

NTSB case MIA92LA091 · CESSNA 150K · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-03-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: CESSNA 150K (N40SA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Crystal Aero Group, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CRYSTAL AERO GROUP INC.

Probable cause

THE IMPROPER IN FLIGHT DECISION BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO LAND WITH AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT AND AIRSPEED. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN AN ON GROUND LOSS OF CONTROL (PORPOISE OF THE AIRPLANE), COLLISION WITH TERRAIN AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE OVER OF THE AIRPLANE.

Source: NTSB case MIA92LA091

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.

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