- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 25, 1992 |
Time: | 0515 |
Location: | Hot Springs, Arizona |
Operator: | Lone Star Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Test |
AC Type: | Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III |
Registration: | N342AE |
cn / ln: | AC-545 |
Aboard: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft was on a test flight after replacement of all primary flight control cables. The aircraft took off, rolled to the right and crashed. Inadequate maintenance and inspection by the operator's maintenance personnel, and the failure of the pilot-in-command to assure proper travel direction of the airplane's primary flight controls after being made aware of the nature of the maintenance performed. |
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