Accident · 1990-05-12

NTSB case NYC90DHJ01 · TOUSSAINT/QUAD CITY CHALLENGER II · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-05-12
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: TOUSSAINT/QUAD CITY CHALLENGER II (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: THOMAS VON TOUSSAINT Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): THOMAS VON TOUSSAINT

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE UNLICENSED PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ON FINAL APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL AND COLLISION WITH THE GROUND. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF FLIGHT TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, AND QUALIFICATION.

Source: NTSB case NYC90DHJ01

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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