Accident · 1997-10-31
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-10-31
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- de Havilland DH-8-201 (N988HA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- U.S. AIR EXPRESS Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- U.S. AIR EXPRESS
Probable cause
The passengers failure to secure her seatbelt as directed by the flight crew (seatbelt sign illuminated) on initial takeoff climb resulting in her ejection from her seat during an encounter with turbulence.
Source: NTSB case MIA98LA017Flight 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.