- Date
- October 28, 1982, 08:44 local (13:44 UTC)
- Place
- Wilmington, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N213DSBeech E90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- FAA report
- 19821028069219A
- Case key
- 73063
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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 aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from the greater Wilmington airport, Wilmington, DE. The pilot stated that the left engine lost power at about 100 ft AGL, just as the landing gear was being retracted. He said the autofeather was armed, but the left propeller did not automatically feather. He manually feathered the left propeller and checked that the gear was retracting. The airspeed decreased to about 100 KTS. He stated that he began a descent to achieve the best single engine speed, but level flight could not be sustained. Realizing he was committed to a forced landing, he climbed to cross over a power line, lowered the gear and flaps, then landed in an open field. During touchdown, the left gear hit a mound of dirt and separated. While skidding to a stop, the rightmain gear also failed. An extensive investigation revealed no reason for the engine failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N213DS
- Reported as
- Beech E90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LW64
- Airframe hours
- 3,422
- Engine
- P & W PT6A-28, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Linpro Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Linpro Inc.
- Departed
- ILG · Wilmington, DE
- Destination
- IAD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ILG · Greater Wilmington, runway 27, 7,165 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,634 total · 2,873 in this make and model · 5,605 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 108 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILG, 2 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.