Accident · 1999-08-29

NTSB case NYC99FA213 · Cessna 172N · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1999-08-29
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 172N (N737CJ)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: AIR TRANSPORT INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIR TRANSPORT, INC.

Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to takeoff with a tailwind. Factor's in this accident were the tailwind condition and pressure to depart caused by other airplanes performing successful downwind departures.

Source: NTSB case NYC99FA213

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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