- Date
- December 11, 1989, 12:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Walla Walla, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1767SAero Commander 600 S-2D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891211050489A
- Case key
- 41157
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Probable cause
An engine loss of power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the embankment.
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
At the end of a ferry flight transporting for maintenance, while on final approach to the landing strip, the pilot applied power as necessarry for landing. The engine did not respond and the airplane was landed short of the airstrip. During the landing roll, the airplane collided with an embankment. A post crash fire ignited and destroyed the airplane. The airplane had not been operated for sometime and was overdue an annual inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1767S
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 600 S-2D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 600-1367D
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Reser, Edwin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 8WA7 · St. John, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ALW · Walla Walla
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
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 N1767S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.