- Date
- August 8, 1990, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N469RJCessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900808042949A
- Case key
- 23167
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper single engine emergency procedures.
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 pilot said the airplane was about to touchdown when he looked down and did not see the gear down lights. He said he applied full power on both engines for a go-around but the right engine did not come up to power, and the airplane veered to the right. He raised the flaps but did not raise the gear handle. The gear was down and locked. The right propeller was not feathered. The airplane did not climb and impacted the terrain. At a later time, both engines were operated to approximately 70% power, and no higher due to the lack of suitable propellers. No reason could be found for the loss of power on the right engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N469RJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0444
- Airframe hours
- 1,508
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Nelson, Walter
- Registered owner
- Kershner, Pat
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1990
- Departed
- TDW · Amarillo, TX
- Airport
- ELP · International, runway 22, 11,012 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,714 total · 1,714 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.