Accident · 1999-02-12

NTSB case NYC99LA059 · Aerospatiale 355 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1999-02-12
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Aerospatiale 355 (N355MF)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Corporate Jet LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CORPORATE JET INC

Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue the flight which resulted in inadvertent flight into IMC, and the subsequent spatial disorientation and loss of control. A factor in the accident was the inaccuracy of the weather forecast.

Source: NTSB case NYC99LA059

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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