Accident · 1990-01-30

NTSB case SEA90LA037 · SWEARINGEN SA226TC · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1990-01-30
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: SWEARINGEN SA226TC (N56EA)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Empire Airlines, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EMPIRE AIRLINES

Probable cause

THE LOSS OF THE FLIGHT CREW'S VISUAL PERCEPTION, DUE TO AN UNFORESEEN WHITEOUT CONDITION. A RELATED FACTOR WAS THE SNOWBANK.

Source: NTSB case SEA90LA037

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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