# Accident 20220128001169A: Textron Aviation Inc T240, Ravendale, CA, January 28, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2022, 15:34 local time
- Place: Ravendale, CA
- Airport: Ravendale
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8094° N, 120.3655° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8094&lon=-120.3655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N420WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron T240 (registry code 2073461, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-t240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC T240
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220128001169A

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMBOUT FROM RAVENDALE AIRPORT (O39), THE ENGINE OF THE N420WT

FAILED AT APPX 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD

APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE SOUTHWEST FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF O39 RWY 17.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FUELED AT A PREVIOUS AIRPORT (ALTURAS, KAAT), AND

THE AIRCRAFT HAD FUEL ON BOARD BEING DRAWN FROM THE RIGHT TANK, AT THE

TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT THROUGH 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL)

AND 85 KIAS WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED WITH MISHAP SECOND PILOT FLYING.

MISHAP PILOT, THE PIC, TOOK CONTROLS, LOWERED THE NOSE TO PRESERVE

AIRSPEED, AND MADE A SLIGHT LEFT TURN TO TRY TO MAKE A LANDING ON A ROAD.

HE CHECKED THROTTLE AND MIXTURE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NOT OPERATOR ERROR.

THROTTLE AND MIXTURE WERE AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THIS PHASE OF

FLIGHT. THE MISHAP PILOT THEN EXTENDED FLAPS FOR LANDING, AND LANDED THE

AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD (THE MISHAP PILOT HAD NOTICED POWER

LINES PARALLELING THE ROAD AND DID NOT WANT TO ATTEMPT A LANDING WITH

THOSE POWER LINES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY). THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR

SHEARED ON LANDING, AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET BEFORE

COMING TO A STOP. MISHAP PILOT HAD MINOR INJURY, MISHAP SECOND PILOT AND

PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 WPR22LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA090), Jan 28, 2022: Textron TTX Inc. T240 (N420WT), Ravendale, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate maintenance and inspection of the engine induction system, which resulted in the separation of the right induction tube from the turbocharger compressor outlet and the subsequent loss…

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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