Accident · 2007-03-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 2007-03-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 500 (N511AT)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Trek, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Air Trek Inc.
Probable cause
The inadequate guidance and procedures provided by the airplane manufacturer regarding operation of the pneumatic de-icing boots. Also causal was the Federal Aviation Administration's inadequate directives which failed to require manufacturers to direct flightcrews to immediately operate pneumatic deicing boots upon entering icing conditions.
Source: NTSB case NYC07LA081Flight 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.