 The Federal Aviation Administration records stated that the aircraft had been sent to the maintenance hangar 33 times for unscheduled repairs.The crew consisted of 29-year-old Brad Patridge of Kingwood, Texas (Greater Houston) as captain, 43-year-old Clint Rodosovich of Houston as the first officer together with 33-year-old flight attendant, Nancy Reed of Humble, Texas.Both Patridge and Rodosovich were experienced pilots with 4,243 flight hours and 11,543 flight hours (including 2,468 hours and 1,066 hours on the EMB 120 Brasilia), respectively.