- Date
- August 4, 1992, 18:00 local (Aug 5, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holyoke, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4504QCessna 402A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920804028989A
- Case key
- 18157
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to feather the failed engine propeller. A factor was: power loss for undetermined reasons.
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
According to the pilot, the right engine on the air taxi flight lost power at about the time the airplane crossed the departure end of the runway. The pilot said he had retracted the landing gear and had initiated propeller feather. The airplane landed wheels up in a corn field approximately 140 feet from the departure end of the runway and 400 feet to the right of the runway centerline. Visual examination of the propeller provided no evidence of propeller feathering and the propeller control was found in the full increase RPM position. The pilot said he refueled the airplane at the airport the day before the accident and suspected fuel contamination. Fuel samples were submitted to three different and independent laboratories. No anomalies were reported. The engine was partially disassembled and examined. No discrepancies were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4504Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A-0004
- Airframe hours
- 4,602
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Capital Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Capital Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 6, 1992 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- 8V5
- Destination
- BIS · Bismarck, ND
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 8V5 · Holyoke, runway 17, 3,600 × 50 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
- 74
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50,000 total · 227 in this make and model · 44,000 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKO, 49 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.
Other investigations on N4504Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.