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[1]: 48, 49 The aircraft's first flight of the day was uneventful because it did not reach the accident flight's top speed of 260 knots (480 km/h; 300 mph). [1] The NTSB cited the failure of airline maintenance and inspection personnel to adhere to proper maintenance and quality-assurance procedures.
National Transportation Safety Board report number NTSB/AAR-79-05, [1] released April 19, 1979, determined that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the PSA flight crew to follow proper air traffic control (ATC) procedures. Flight 182's crew lost sight of the Cessna in contravention of ATC instructions to "keep visual ...
The origins of the crash disk are uncertain because of significant irregularities and gaps, noted in the NTSB report, in the manufacturing records of GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE) and its suppliers. [ 1 ] : 80 Records found after the accident indicated that two rough-machined forgings having the serial number of the crash disk had been routed ...
All 230 people on board died in the crash; it is the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history. Accident investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) traveled to the scene, arriving the following morning [2]: 313 amid speculation that a terrorist attack was the cause of the crash.
Pilot Charles Hew Crooks, 23, died July 29, 2022, after he fell out of a plane before it made an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
After eliminating all known sources of mechanical failure, the NTSB concluded in June 1981 in its final report, that the probable cause of the accident was the isolated extension of the No. 7 leading-edge slat from the flight crew manipulating the flap/slat controls in an inappropriate manner leading to an uncommanded roll to the right and the ...
Jul. 12—A famed Alaska bush pilot's plane struck a tree while departing a remote ridgeline airstrip last month near Shaktoolik and then crashed onto the tundra, killing both people onboard, a ...
1 /3 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Investigators, accompanied by sheriff’s deputies, take photos of the plane crash site on Aolele Street, today, in Honolulu.