Accident · 1998-01-09

NTSB case MIA98FA055 · Cessna 208B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1998-01-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 208B (N913FE)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MOUNTAIN AIR CARGO, INC.

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to remove the control lock prior to takeoff and his failure to abort the takeoff when he was unable to initiate a climb, resulting in the aircraft over running the runway and colliding with trees on the departure end of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to arrive at his destination to attend a family affair.

Source: NTSB case MIA98FA055

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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