Incident · 1996-07-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-07-09
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Short Brothers SD3-60-200 (N384MQ)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- EXECUTIVE AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- EXECUTIVE AIRLINES, INC.
Probable cause
Fatigue failure of a segment of the elevator trim control cable. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the airplane manufacturer to require a replacement interval of the cables.
Source: NTSB case MIA96IA179Flight 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.