Accident · 1991-05-06

NTSB case SEA91FA099 · PIPER PA-34-200T · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1991-05-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-34-200T (N2859M)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Airpac Airlines, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIRPAC AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

THE IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP OF THE AIRPLANE AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT EXCEEDING THE SPEED AND STRESS LIMITS FOR THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE CENTER OF GRAVITY LOADING THAT EXCEEDED THE AFT LIMITS.

Source: NTSB case SEA91FA099

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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