- Date
- March 6, 1990, 12:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lanai, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N851FECessna 208B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900306003429A
- Case key
- 26750
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of the glide path angle while executing a forced landing at the Lanai airport. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to properly secure the oil filter cap prior to departure.
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 that he serviced the oil quatity prior to departure. The aircraft was in level cruise about eight miles from the airport when the pilot saw the pil pressure fluctuating, then begin decreasing, with a corresponding decrease in engine torque output. The pilot followed the checklist and shut down the engine when the aircraft was over the airport. The pilot set up a spiral over the airport to lose altitude in preparation for a power off forced landing. The pilot said he let the aircraft get too low while lining up for the runway and landed short in a field. FAA inspectors examined the aircraft and the engine at the site and found oil covering the right side of the lower fuselage. The oil filler cap was found loose in the filler neck. No evidence of oil leakage was noted to any part of the engine or oil lines. The 'o' rings in the oil filler neck were found in place and the filler neck was found attached to the engine with the correct torque.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N851FE
- Reported as
- Cessna 208B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B0166
- Airframe hours
- 580
- Engine
- P&W PT-6-A114, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Corporate Air
- Registered owner
- Federal Express Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 15, 1990 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- PHNL · Honolulu, HI
- Destination
- KOA · Kona, HI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PHNY · Lanai, runway 3, 5,000 × 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
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- 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
- 2,961 total · 798 in this make and model · 2,770 as pilot in command · 201 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.