- Date
- January 11, 1992, 11:47 local (16:47 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3767CCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920111000359A
- Case key
- 32974
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Probable cause
The pilot in commands failure to maintain airspeed above single engine minimum control speed resulting in an inflight loss of control and collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot in command's failure to declare an emergency and request priority landing and his decision to follow a slower aircraft in the pattern.
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
Flt departed and upon reaching a point approx 35 miles north of arpt plt requested return to arpt from ATC. Plt did not declare emergency or report an engine problem. Upon entering traffic pattern at uncontrolled arpt plt stated he would follow a Cessna 152 for landing. On short final acft was seen making s turns to maintain spacing behind 152. Plt then declared he had an engine shutdown and needed to land. 152 was in landing flare and landed. With 152 on runway plt attempted a go around with full flaps extended, gear down, left eng shutdown, and at a slow airspeed. Acft rolled to left upon application of right eng power and nosed down from which it crashed. The number two cylinder of the left eng had suffered separation of the head from the barrel. Plt logbook did not reflect plt having current biennial flt review.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3767C
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0617
- Airframe hours
- 5,501
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles M. Howell III
- Registered owner
- Charles M. Howell III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1991 · 75 hours before
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- LNA · Palm Beach County Park, runway 33, 3,485 × 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
- 57
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,400 total · 300 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 5 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 N3767C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.