Chalk's Crash Linked to Maintenance, FAA Oversight
Credit: NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD FILE PHOTO
The inflight breakup of a Grumman Turbo Mallard G-73T operated by Chalk's Ocean Airways may lead to closer scrutiny of aging aircraft, maintenance program criteria and FAA oversight procedures. At a final hearing last week, the NTSB said the probable cause of the Dec. 19, 2005, accident was inflight...
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