ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353489
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 December 1998 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 95-A55 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6DL |
| MSN: | TC-381 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4440 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mesquite, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KHQZ) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The multi-engine airplane veered off the runway during a practice engine failure on takeoff maneuver [V1 Cut] during an instructional flight. The student taxied the airplane to the runway, performed the takeoff checklist, and commenced the takeoff roll. After assuring that full power had been applied, the instructor covered the mixture controls with a plastic checklist, and pulled the right engine's mixture lever to the 'idle cutoff' position. The student was not able to maintain directional control, and before the instructor could assume the controls, the aircraft departed the runway on the right side onto soft, muddy ground. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed, and the left propeller struck the ground. The student pilot had a total of 1,887 hours of flight time, of which, 4.7 hours were in multi-engine airplanes. He holds a commercial pilot certificate with ratings in single engine airplanes (land & sea), and a flight instructor certificate with an instructor rating in single engine airplanes.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a simulated engine failure during takeoff maneuver and the instructor's inadequate supervision. Factors were; the student's lack of total flight time in multiengine airplanes, and the soft ground in which the nose landing gear became embedded when the airplane departed the runway surface.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW99LA050
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 07:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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