- Date
- January 4, 1987, 18:03 local (23:03 UTC)
- Place
- Gallipolis, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N345TRCessna 414
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870104000059A
- Case key
- 7366
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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
The flight was established in the traffic pattern when the pilot experienced a dual engine failure. The pilot attempted to restart the engines but failed. The pilot also failed to feather the propellers which created a aerodynamic condition which allowed the aircraft to descend faster than normal. The aircraft crashed short of the runway after pulling up to avoid a collision with an automobile on the road of intended lndg. The wreckage examination failed to disclose any aircraft problems. The exact reason for the dual engine failure was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N345TR
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4140069
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Continental TSIO520N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Jim Mink
- Registered owner
- Jim Minks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1986 · 234 hours before
- Departed
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GAS, runway 5, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,144 total · 1,025 in this make and model · 6,040 as pilot in command · 251 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HTS, 27 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.