- Date
- February 1, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bangor, ME
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4175GCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880201001769A
- Case key
- 36087
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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 crew rprtd that drg takeoff, a power surge occurred after the acft had climbed about 400 to 500 ft. the coplt saw what he later said was a right fuel flow fluctuation & told the plt (PIC) that the right eng was losing power. The PIC told the coplt to secure the eng. Anticipating no serious problem, the PIC intended to remain in the pattern & make a single eng landing. However, he was unable to maint speed without dscndg & was forced to land. Subsequently, the acft went thru a fence, crossed a railroad track & stopped on a road. Drg an opnl check of the engs, the right eng started & ran normally. However, the left eng was difficult to start & would not run above 1000 RPM until another fuel metering valve was installed. A teardown of the faulty metering valve revealed contamination from an unknown source. Also, the left fuel pump discharge pressure was found to be 62 PSI. An adjustment of the altitude aneroid control returned the pump discharge pressure to within the max limit of 32.5 PSI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4175G
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B-1221
- Airframe hours
- 3,466
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Northeast Aeromotive
- Registered owner
- Dan Lilley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Destination
- PWM · Portland, ME
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BGR · Banger Intl, runway 15, 11,439 × 300 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,163 total · 200 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.