Accident · 1990-07-08

NTSB case SEA90FA125 · CESSNA T210K · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-07-08
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: CESSNA T210K (N9407M)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: MORCOM AVIATION SERVICES, INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MORCOM AVIATION SERVICES, INC.

Probable cause

INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT BY NOT ASSURING THAT THE RUDDER PEDALS WERE PROPERLY ENGAGED. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT.

Source: NTSB case SEA90FA125

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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