Accident · 1998-10-25

NTSB case MIA99FA012 · Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1998-10-25
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 (N143DD)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: EXECUTIVE AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EXECUTIVE AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to verify that the parking brake was applied prior to engine start, and the resultant inadvertent movement of the aircraft and collision with the ground power cart once No. 2 was started.

Source: NTSB case MIA99FA012

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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