- Date
- October 1, 2005, 10:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5606SBeech D-95A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- GSO FSDO-05
- FAA report
- 20051001022879A
- Case key
- 62726
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Probable cause
The pilot mistakenly shut down the operating engine when the passenger interfered with the rudder pedals as he attempted to identify the inoperative engine.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During cruise flight, the pilot experienced a loss of engine power of one engine. Using standard engine out procedures , the pilot experienced difficulty identifying which engine had lost power. However, without the knowledge of the pilot, the passenger attempted to assist the pilot in maintaining directional control after initial loss of engine power by applying right rudder. In an effort by the pilot to regain full engine power, the second engine lost power. The pilot selected a nearby landfill for an emergency landing. During the emergency landing, the main landing gear collapsed. After the pilot and passenger exited the airplane, the passenger told the pilot that he had applied right rudder after the initial loss of engine power. Post-accident examination of both engines failed to disclose any abnormalities and 35 gallons of fuel was recovered from the fuel system.
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N5606S
- Reported as
- Beech D-95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-656
- Airframe hours
- 3,593
- Engines
- Lycoming IO-360-BIB, 180 horsepower, reciprocatingLycoming L2104-51A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Angus I Hines
- Registered owner
- Sentry Charters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2005 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- GSO · Greensboro, NC
- Destination
- Greensboro, NC
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 82
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,275 total · 1,642 in this make and model · 3,175 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.32 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.