- Date
- August 30, 1985, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N92RCSwearingen 226T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850830043339A
- Case key
- 30158
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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
The aircraft was on approach for landing at Hamilton, new york when the cross power levers were pulled back to flight idle. The left prop went into beta mode stalling the left wing at about 8 feet above the runway. The aircraft rolled about 20 degrees to the left, then fell to the runway. An inspection verified the posibility of the lever going beyond the stop. The power lever incorporates a spring loaded guard which engages a gate on the quardrant at the flight idle position to prevent movement of the lever into ground operating range while in flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92RC
- Reported as
- Swearingen 226T
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- Garrett TEP-331, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond Transportation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1985 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- BGM · Binghamton, NY
- Destination
- B24 · Hamilton, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Hamilton, runway 35, 5,000 × 75 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 950 total · 500 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- UCA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.