ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368535
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Date: | Saturday 24 June 1989 |
Time: | 15:30 LT |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
Owner/operator: | Gay, Kirk |
Registration: | N5595M |
MSN: | 1571 |
Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5297 hours |
Engine model: | P&W R-985 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Iliamna, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
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Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ON FINAL APPROACH THE ENGINE QUIT, AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A MALFUNCTION OF THE MAGNETO. A THICK CRUST COATED BOTH POLES OF THE MAGNETO, WHICH CAUSED IT TO BIND INTERNALLY.
Probable Cause: INADEQUATE ANNUAL INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC89LA103 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC89LA103
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