# Accident 20090821025399A: Raytheon Ai 58, Teterboro, NJ, August 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2009, 03:14 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ----
- Location: 40.8500° N, 74.0564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8500&lon=-74.0564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N167TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N167TB-2012-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 58 (registry code 7150003, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AI 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,628 total, 2,241 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA469) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090821025399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN UNSTABLE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19 AT KTEB.  THE SIC WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE CONTROLS.  PER THE POST CRASH INTERVIEW WITH THE SIC  IT APPEARS HE INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE PROP LEVERS INTO THE FEATHERED POSITION. THE CONDITION OF THE PROPELLERS AT THE CRASH SITE INDICATE THE ENGINES EITHER STOPPED RUNNING OR WERE RUNNING AT A VERY LOW SPEED.  AT THE CRASH SITE IT WAS NOTED THE PROPS WERE IN THE FEATHERED POSITION PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT INPACTING THE GROUND.   THE AIRCRAFT OVERSHOT THE THE END OF RUNWAY 19 AT KTEB,  HIT A TREE AND SIGN BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A PARKING AREA JUST OFF US ROUTE 46 EAST.  THE CREW OF TWO ESCAPED WITH SERIOUS BURNS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN A POST CRASH FIRE. THE POSITION OF THE ENGINE CONTROL LEVERS ( PROPS, MIXTURE AND THROTTLES) AT THE CRASH SITE (FULL FORWARD)  AND THE INTERVIEW WITH THE SIC INDICATES  ENGINE RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED.ON 09/04/2009 MR. GEORGE MADDOX PASSED ON AT 15:00 HOURS EDT.  THIS IS WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON AUG. 21, 2009

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09LA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA469), Aug 21, 2009: Raytheon 58 (N167TB), Teterboro, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The complete loss of thrust due to the second-in-command’s (SIC) inadvertent feathering of both propellers during a high-speed, low-altitude approach. Contributing to the accident was the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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