Accident · 1990-10-13

NTSB case NYC91DNC01 · Skytek SKYSEEKER MK II · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-10-13
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Skytek SKYSEEKER MK II (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

IN-FLIGHT FAILURE OF THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE WING, AND THE LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. DUE TO THE UNAUTHORIZED STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION BY THE PILOT/OWNER.

Source: NTSB case NYC91DNC01

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.

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