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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Commander 690A · Naples, FL · April 28, 2015

Date
April 28, 2015 · 11:15 local
Place
Naples, FL
Airport
Naples Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N24CC
Reported as
Aero Commander 690A
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE331 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total3,500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was on final approach/descent when left engine went to a higher RPM than the right engine causing the pilot to land mid-field, causing pilot to loose lateral control of aircraft and making aircraft to veer off the runway onto a grassy area adjacent to runway 23.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH/DESCENT WHEN LEFT ENGINE WENT TO A HIGHER RPM THAN THE RIGHT ENGINE CAUSING THE PILOT TO LAND MID-FIELD, CAUSING PILOT TO LOOSE LATERAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND MAKING AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO A GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 23.