Accident · 1996-12-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-12-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-3C (N75142)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Desert Air Transport, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- DESERT AIR TRANSPORT, INC.
Probable cause
A fire within the right engine compartment of undetermined cause and the pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed above the aircraft's minimum control speed. A factor contributing to the accident was the dark night environmental conditions.
Source: NTSB case SEA97FA034Flight 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.