Accident · 1991-10-12

NTSB case NYC92LA005 · AEROSPATIALE ATR-42-320 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1991-10-12
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: AEROSPATIALE ATR-42-320 (N25811)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: BRITT AIRWAYS Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): BRITT AIRWAYS

Probable cause

THE EMPLOYEE'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES AND THE DIVERSION OF HER ATTENTION WHICH RESULTED IN HER BEING STRUCK BY A SPINNING PROPELLER.

Source: NTSB case NYC92LA005

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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