ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24444
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| Date: | Thursday 7 November 1996 |
| Time: | 09:29 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 421C Golden Eagle II |
| Owner/operator: | Jetcom S.A. |
| Registration: | HB-LRX |
| MSN: | 421C0217 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Donzeil -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LSGG |
| LFBD | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft took off from Genéva Cointrin Airport bound for Bordeaux Mérignac at 7 h 42 and reached cruise level 200 at 8 h 24. At 9 h 03, as he had just started the descent, the pilot reported an engine failure. He decided to continue on track to the destination. He later informed Air Traffic Control that he could not feather a propeller. The aircraft continued to descend. At 9 h 29, the aircraft crashed into a field and caught fire.
- Probable Cause :
"The accident is due to inappropriate management of the flight following jamming of the propeller in an intermediate position after RH engine crankshaft rupture. The inappropriate management was due to:
· the pilot's relative lack of experience on this aircraft type;
· his false notions about the aircraft's performance and about the existence of a flight level to maintain level flight with an unfeathered propeller and an heavy aircraft;
· a series of misjudged strategies to attempt to continue the flight then to land at Limoges when the aircraft's altitude no longer made this possible.
The lack of instructions relative to inspections by a reliable method for detection of cracks on crankshafts installed on GTSIO-520 engines was a contributory factor."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/docspa/1996/hb-x961107a/htm/hb-x961107a.html
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1996/hb-x961107a/pdf/hb-x961107a.pdf
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-LRX.pdf
BAE
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2010 15:36 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2017 17:27 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 29-Dec-2018 14:31 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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