Accident Cessna 340A N111SC,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 377148
 
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Date:Friday 24 May 1985
Time:18:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C340 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 340A
Owner/operator:Pc Flyers
Registration: N111SC
MSN: C340A0335
Total airframe hrs:2028 hours
Engine model:CONTINENTAL TSIO-520
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Englewood, CO -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Englewood, CO (APA
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
ON MAY 24, 1985, A CESSNA 340, LANDED GEAR UP OFF THE RUNWAY AT CONTENNIAL ARPT, ENGLEWOOD, CO. THE SINGLE ENG ILS APCH AND 2 ENG MISSED APCH WAS PLANNED. THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED THE LOSS OF THE RIGHT ENG AT THE OUTER MARKER BY TURNING OFF THE FUEL SUPPLY. UPON GOING MISSED APCH THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB OR ACCELERATE. A FORCED LANDING WAS MAKE. THE PROPELLERS INDICATED THE LEFT ENG WAS DEVELOPING HIGH POWER AND THE RIGHT ENGG WAS DEVELOPING LITTLE OR NO POWER. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INADVERTENTLY SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENG. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: DEN85LA143
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB DEN85LA143

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Revision history:

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