- Date
- June 12, 1991, 05:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N242CABoeing DHC-6-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910612021359A
- Case key
- 18097
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to perform an adequate preflight, I.e., not following the check list and the normal brake system was inoperative as a result of no hydraulic system pressure (hydraulic system circuit breaker not 'in').
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
At dawn, the pilot and a mechanic went out to preflight the aircrat and then fly it on a local maintenance test flight. The hydraulic system circuit breaker was not 'in' when the aircraft engines were started. As the right engine RPM began to increase, the aircraft started to move forward. The pilot applied the brakes only to discover there was no hydraulic pressure in the brake lines. Before corrective action could be taken, the aircraft struck a parked aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N242CA
- Reported as
- Boeing DHC-6-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 342
- Engine
- P&W PT6-27, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Corporate Air, Inc.
- Airport
- DEN · Stapleton International
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,521 total · 23 in this make and model · 5,384 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N242CA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.