Accident · 1991-11-28

NTSB case NYC92LA037 · CONVAIR CV-240 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-11-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: CONVAIR CV-240 (N450GA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: RHOADES AVIATION INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): RHOADES AVIATION INC.

Probable cause

THE USE OF AN IMPROPER GRADE OF FUEL, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE CAPTAIN AND RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUIRNG CLIMBOUT AND AN IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

Source: NTSB case NYC92LA037

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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