- Date
- September 16, 1988, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hays, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1189ZAero Commander 500B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880916044799A
- Case key
- 34504
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Probable cause
Operation attempted with known deficiencies in equipment, and failure of the pilot to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was: the pilot's use of an improper starting procedure & the fence.
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
About 10 min after landing, drg a cargo opn, the plt was preparing for the next leg of the flt, but was unable to make a normal start of the rgt eng. He attempted to start (air start) the eng by windmilling the prop on a takeoff type of run. However, drg the attempt, he lost control of the acft & it veered off the rwy, crossed a twy & went thru a boundry fence before stopping. It came to rest, 160 deg from the rwy hdg. No pre-acdnt part failure/malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1189Z
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1559-199
- Airframe hours
- 9,862
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-E1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Central Air Southwest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 9, 1988
- Departed
- HYS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HYS · Hays, runway 34, 6,300 × 100 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,967 total · 2,328 in this make and model · 3,806 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSL, 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.