- Date
- September 25, 1983, 17:30 local (Sep 26, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lodi, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N361FPilatus PC-6/C-H2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830925061289A
- Case key
- 23566
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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
According to the pilot as he made an approach to land he advanced the power lever to gain more thrust but he felt that the propeller went into beta range due to play in the propeller control linkage. At aprx 50 feet AGL and 200 feet from the end of the runway, the aircraft stalled and fell to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N361F
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC-6/C-H2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2025
- Airframe hours
- 812
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE 331-25D, 516 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Dause
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 13, 1983 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- LODI · Lodi, CA
- Airport
- Lodi
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,780 total · 5 in this make and model · 2,680 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 25 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 N361F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.