Accident · 1989-06-23

NTSB case SEA89FA118 · COLONIAL C-1 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-06-23
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: COLONIAL C-1 (N260B)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: JOHN WELLS AVIATION SERVICE Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): JOHN WELLS AVIATION SERVICE

Probable cause

MALFUNCTION OF BOTH MAGNETOS DUE TO DETERIORATION OF THE COILS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: AN INADEQUATE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (NO CALENDAR TIME LIMITS), AND THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN (ROUGH/UNEVEN) IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

Source: NTSB case SEA89FA118

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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