- Date
- November 23, 1991, 21:00 local (Nov 24, 1991, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brainerd, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9196NAero Commander 685
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911123053349A
- Case key
- 15351
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Probable cause
An engine failure due to a seized fuel pump rotor shaft.
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 pilot reported that shortly after takeoff, the right engine lost power. An aborted takeoff was performed, but the pilot was unable to maintain directional control, or stop the airplane before it swerved off the remaining runway. The airplane traveled down a 40 foot embankment then slid into a frozen swamp. Post accident inspection revealed a seized fuel pump rotor shaft and a broken coupling on the right engine's fuel pump.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9196N
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 685
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12019
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-K, 435 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gorhams, Inc.
- Destination
- 19D · Mora, MN
- Airport
- BRD · Brainerd, runway 3, 4,082 × 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
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,810 total · 425 in this make and model · 2,638 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 13 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- BRD, 1 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.