- Date
- September 25, 1990, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jefferson, GA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N316MHCessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900925042319A
- Case key
- 8149
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to perform the correct emergency procedures, when confronted with a loss of engine power, and his failure to maintain minimum control speed (VMC), which resulted in a loss of aircraft control.
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
Shortly after takeoff, the acft was seen flying low ovr trees, flwd by a rapid roll to the left & a collision with wooded trrn. One witness rprtd seeing gray smoke trailing the left eng bfr the crash. An inspn of the wreckage revealed the left engine spark plugs were black & heavily sooted. Neither prop had been feathered bfr the acdnt. The lndg gear was fnd in an extended psn. Further investigation revealed that Cessna multi-eng svc bulletin (sb) 88-3 was not complied with. This sb modified the fuel sys to provide for drct plt (rather than automatic) actuation of the output pressure of the auxiliary fuel pumps. Both engs ran satisfactorily on a test stand flwg the acdnt. No otr evidence of mech failure or malfunction was fnd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316MH
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0327
- Airframe hours
- 3,004
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Texfi Industries Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1990 · 134 hours before
- Departed
- 19A
- Destination
- GSP · Greer, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 19A · Jackson County, runway 16, 4,108 × 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
- 56
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AHN, 16 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.