- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 11, 1991
Time: 10:03
Location: Near Eagle Lake, Texas
Operator: Continental Express
Flight #: 2574
Route: Laredo - Houston
AC Type: Embraer 120RT Brasilia
Registration: N33701
cn / ln: 120-077
Aboard: 14   (passengers:11  crew:3)
Fatalities: 14   (passengers:11  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: In-flight loss of the left horizontal stabilizer. Forty-seven screw fasteners that would have attached the upper surface of the leading edge assembly for the left side of the horizontal stabilizer were missing. Lack of compliance with FAA approved maintenance procedures.
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