- Date
- November 16, 1991, 02:56 local (09:56 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29517Cessna C-402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911116051999A
- Case key
- 41561
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Probable cause
The loss of power on the right engine during initial climb after takeoff due to inadequate maintenance inspection and adjustment of the engine by company maintenance personnel, and the loss of control by the pilot due to his failure to properly configure the aircraft and perform a proper single engine climb maneuver, and his failure to maintain single engine climb airspeed. A factor relating to the accident was the dark night light conditions.
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 pilot announced he had an engine failure during initial climb at 300-400 ft AGL after takeoff on a VFR night cargo flt. The tower controller cleared the flt to return to the arpt and land on any rwy. The acft entered a right descending turn, impacted the gnd one mile from the arpt, and ignited in flames. Evidence indicated the right engine was not operating at impact. The landing gear was down and the right propeller was in the high pitch position. Exam of the right engine revealed blocked fuel injectors, incorrect size fuel injectors, fuel pump out of adjustment, and burned/pitted breaker points in a magneto.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29517
- Reported as
- Cessna C-402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0031
- Airframe hours
- 6,994
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Regional Express Co.
- Registered owner
- Leach, Larry L. & Linda K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 18, 1991 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Airport
- Boise, runway 1, 7,399 × 150 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,864 total · 450 in this make and model · 3,300 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI, 1 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.