Accident · 1990-12-06

NTSB case NYC91LA043 · CESSNA 210L · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-12-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 210L (N5280V)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Shoreline Aviation Inc Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SHORELINE AVIATION, INC.

Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVER TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR THE RADIO/TRAFFIC PATTERN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, THE AIRCRAFT'S LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER AFTER ACTIVATING THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND ENTERING THE PATTERN, AND THE LACK OF VISUAL PERCEPTION CONCERNING BOTH THE VEHICLE DRIVER AND THE PILOT.

Source: NTSB case NYC91LA043

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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