ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358900
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1995 |
| Time: | 23:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Ray's Flight Service |
| Registration: | N55362 |
| MSN: | 34-7350205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rapid City, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Garden City, KS (KGCK) |
| (KRAP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS FLYING IN INTERMITTENT RAIN AT 10,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL. HE TURNED ON ALTERNATE AIR TO BOTH ENGINES AND NOTED THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED 43 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. HE BEGAN LOSING RPM ON THE LEFT ENGINE. HE ELECTED NOT TO FEATHER THE PROPELLER BECAUSE HE BELIEVED HE WAS GETTING 'MINIMAL RPM PERFORMANCE.' DESCENDING THROUGH 8,000 FEET HE NOTED THE TEMPERATURE WAS 39 TO 40 DEGREES AND THE RIGHT ENGINE DROPPED 200-300 RPM. HE MADE AN OFF AIRPORT, FORCED LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED FUEL WAS AVAILABLE ON THE AIRPLANE. THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED UNEVENTFULLY WHEN IT WAS TESTED AND PERFORMED NORMALLY UP TO A MANIFOLD PRESSURE OF 25 INCHES OF MERCURY.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to feather the propeller on the left engine during the descent. A factor was the carburetor icing weather condition.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI95LA193
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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