ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43037
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| Date: | Sunday 15 May 1994 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Walter I. Castles |
| Registration: | N9319Y |
| MSN: | TC-10 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4880 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-470-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Port Richey, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ON THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, ONE OF THE OWNERS EXPERIENCED HIGH CYLINDER HEAD TEMP IN THE RIGHT ENGINE DURING TAKEOFF. HE RETURNED TO THE ARPT, AND SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN DURING TAXI IN. THIS WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT SINCE ANNUAL. HE REPORTED THIS TO THIS PLT, WHO WAS THE OTHER OWNER, WHO STATED HE WOULD LOOK AT THE ACFT. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT THE PLT WAS OBSERVED LOOKING AT SOMETHING UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THEN DEPART. THE ACFT WAS THEN OBSERVED MAKING A DOWNWIND APPCH TO ANOTHER AIRPORT AND EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. THE LDG GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND THE FLAPS WERE RAISED TO THE APCH POSITION. AN ENGINE WAS HEARD TO LOSE POWER AND WITNESSES OBSERVED THE LEFT ENGINE NOT OPERATING BUT THE PROPELLER TURNING, AND THE RIGHT ENGINE PRODUCING FULL POWER. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS THEN HEARD TO SLOW DOWN AND THE ACFT DESCENDED AND HIT TREES. THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS FOUND IN THE FEATHERED POSITION. NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE PRECRASH MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF EITHER ENGINE OR PROPELLER WAS FOUND.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FEATHERING OF THE WRONG PROPELLER AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASON(S).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA94FA141
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Jun-2023 05:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]] |
| 10-Apr-2024 07:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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