Milijet Airlines Flight 92

Milijet Airlines Flight 92 was a regularly scheduled flight from Los Santos International Airport to Sandy Shores Airfield, one of Milijet Airlines most specialized routes. On March 19, 2015, Flight 92 was descending through 3,000ft when the jackscrew located in the tail failed, and sent the Milijet into a nosedive. The aircraft reached 70 degrees attitude before impacting near Zancudo River in Great Chaparral. All 39 passengers and 4 crew members perished and remains Milijet Airlines' worst crash.

Aircraft
Flight 92 was first manufactured in Fort Zancudo in November 2001, and operated for the U.S. Air Force. It was sold to Milijet Airlines in September 2008, and was converted to a passenger flight.

Flight 92 had received numerous maintenance checks for problems with the horizontal stabilizer during flight. The jackscrew was replaced twice. The last check was on March 16, 2015, three days before the crash.

Crash
Flight 92 took off from Runway 33R at Los Santos International Airport at 8:22a.m. with 39 passengers and 4 crew members aboard. The aircraft cruised at 5,000 feet before beginning its descent near Fort Zancudo. At 8:43 while at 3,200ft, a loud audible bang was heard in the cabin as the aircraft began a steep descent. The pilots attempted to regain control, but to no avail. The aircraft crashed at 8:44a.m. in Great Chaparral, killing all 43 occupants.

Aftermath
The NBST arrived on site within an hour and began their investigation. The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) were found half a mile away. The investigation took four months.

The NBST concluded that the hydraulic system in the Milijet was not performing as functioned, due to previous maintenance checkups. The jackscrew was wrongly replaced, and didn't solve the problem. They also concluded that the Milijet went in a nose-down attitude due to the hydraulic fluid failing to reach the jackscrew, eventually failing and dropping, causing a nose-dive.