- Date
- December 27, 1992, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Dixon, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56KABeech 90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921227051689A
- Case key
- 15642
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Probable cause
The instructor pilot not maintaining directional control following engine shut down and not performing remedial action of a power reduction to regain directional control, as prescribed by his company's training manual, once the airplane began to yaw/turn to the left.
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 trainee stated she was flying final approach at 95 KIAS with the power set at approximately 400 pounds of torque. The instructor pilot commanded the trainee to go around. The trainee stated she applied full power. Shortly after the full power application the instructor pilot stated he observed a left yaw. The instructor pilot took control of the airplane and feathered the left prop. The airplane continued its left yaw/turn until ground collision. Approximately 120 degrees to the left of the runway heading. Tear down of the left engine and its controls revealed nothing which would have caused a powerplant failure. The aircraft operating manual states the final approach speed of the airplane should be 96 KIAS. V-mc in the airplane is 86 KIAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56KA
- Reported as
- Beech 90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LW46
- Airframe hours
- 7,385
- Engine
- P&W PT6-28, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Planemaster Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Planemaster Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 21, 1992
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Airport
- C73 · Dixon Municipal, runway 3, 2,803 × 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
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,100 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 6,750 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 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.