ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285962
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| Date: | Saturday 14 June 2008 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N11HR |
| MSN: | 34-7970232 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1567 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ocala, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Houston Southwest Airport, TX (KAXH) |
| Ocala-Taylor Field, FL (OCF/KOCF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the private pilot, who was on a personal cross-country flight, he was about 6-10 feet above the landing runway when the left engine's propeller feathered. He said that the airplane dropped hard onto the runway, collapsing the nose landing gear and driving it through the top of the fuselage. The pilot reported that during the past several months the left propeller would feather uncommanded when taxiing from landing. He said that on the advice of his mechanic he had the propeller overhauled, and then replaced the engine--neither of which fixed the problem. The pilot, in consultation with his mechanic, determined that the propeller would probably not feather in flight. The pilot said that he planned to land with extra power during the accident flight, but found himself high and long on final approach, and when he reduced engine rpm to idle, about 6-10 feet above the runway, the left propeller feathered.
Probable Cause: The pilot's continued operation of the airplane with a known mechanical deficiency--a propeller that would feather at low power. Contributing to the accident was the uncommanded feathering of the propeller.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC08LA060
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 17:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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