- Date
- September 2, 1992, 20:15 local (Sep 3, 1992, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Almont, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7882QCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15536
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Probable cause
Excessive fuel system pump pressure and corresponding excessive fuel pressure and the pilot not maintaining the best single engine climb speed.
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 twin engine cargo airplane was preparing to enter a base leg for landing when the left engine ceased operating. During the transition to single-engine operations, the pilot stated the airplane's airspeed went below the single engine best rate of climb airspeed and a descent was entered. The pilot stated he was not able to turn onto base leg because when he attempted to do so the airplane's stall warning system would activate. The pilot stated he was not able to pitch the airplane's attitude down to regain airspeed because of low altitude. The pilot elected to land in a corn field. The on scene investigation and post accident testing revealed the left engine's fuel pump was defective and had flooded the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7882Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0210
- Airframe hours
- 8,985
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Royal Air Freight
- Registered owner
- Royal Air Freight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 28, 1992 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- SRB · Sparta, TN
- Destination
- D98 · Romeo, MI
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,233 total · 272 in this make and model · 6,825 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTC, 15 nm away