Accident · 1999-10-16

NTSB case NYC00LA027 · Kolb Company FIRESTAR · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1999-10-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Kolb Company FIRESTAR (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The student pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane after inadvertently allowing it to become airborne. A factor in the accident was his lack of total aviation experience.

Source: NTSB case NYC00LA027

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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