- Date
- October 28, 1987, 07:34 local (13:34 UTC)
- Place
- Bartlesville, OK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3411Convair 640 (340D)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22686
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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 capt was cross-feeding both engines from the right tank while the first officer (f/o) was flying, without informing the f/o. the capt then left the cockpit while cross-feeding. Both tank valves and the right boost pump were on. The right tank ran dry, the right engine failed, and the prop autofeathered while the capt was absent. The capt returned, turned on the left boost pump, but left the right boost pump and the valves open, and attempted to restart the right engine. The left engine then failed but this was not recognized by the crew. The elec sys failed due to the attempted restarts and the fact that non-essential equipment was not turned off. The capt did not apply sufficient pull to the emergency gear handle to lower the gear manually. The acft was landed on a short wet sod runway, with the gear and flaps up, at a high rate of speed. The acft ran off the end of the runway, through a ditch, across a road, and into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3411
- Reported as
- Convair 640 (340D)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31
- Airframe hours
- 44,764
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce RDA10-542, 2,305 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Smb Stage Line, Inc
- Registered owner
- Sedalia Marshall Boonville
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · April 13, 1987 · 394 hours before
- Departed
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- OKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BVO · Frank Phillips, runway 7, 2,550 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,389 total · 2,480 in this make and model · 199 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None