- Date
- July 31, 1991, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9674RBeech C50
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910731030809A
- Case key
- 36976
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Probable cause
Engine failure as a result of improper maintenance and failure of the propeller feathering system for an undetermined reason. Factors were aircraft poor climb performance as resulted of the unfeathered propeller and obstructions which prevented a return to the airport.
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 twin engine airplane was on final approach and the pilot noted that the right engine would not go below half power. The airplane was landed and the pilot elected to abort. After rotation, the right engine failed. The pilot raised the landing gear and attempetd to fly around the traffic pattern on one engine. The right propeller would not feather and the airplane would not climb. The pilot avoided several tree lines before descending gear up into a field of crops and slid onto a road. Examination of the airplane revealed that the castle nut had backed off the right engine's carburetor and the linkage disconnected. There was no cotter pin installed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9674R
- Reported as
- Beech C50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CH-201
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-F1A6, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John M. Webber
- Registered owner
- Webber Refrigeration Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 4G3 · North Benton, OH
- Airport
- 38D · Salem, runway 28, 3,500 × 50 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG, 8 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.