Accident · 1991-10-18

NTSB case SEA92FA013 · CESSNA 172N · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-10-18
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 172N (N733QL)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Corporate Air Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CORPORATE AIR

Probable cause

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S OPERATION AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE OVER THE RIVER AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE FROM THE POWER LINES. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE WIRES CROSSING THE RIVER AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S POOR JUDGEMENT IN CHOOSING TO OPERATE AT LOW ALTITUDES ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT.

Source: NTSB case SEA92FA013

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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