- Date
- July 30, 1992, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lehi, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N136CHCessna 411
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920730028179A
- Case key
- 42867
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Probable cause
The failure by the pilot to maintain airspeed above VMC, resulting in loss of control in flight, and his failure to lower the flaps and landing gear for the forced landing. A factor relating to the accident was the pilot's decision to perform fuel system checks in flight at a low altitude AGL.
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 was ferrying the acft back to base after annual inspection and was performing fuel system checks at a low altitude AGL when the right engine quit. He lost altitude and airspeed while attempting to restart the engine, and the acft started to roll when he increased power on the left engine. He reduced the left throttle and made a forced landing in an open field with the landing gear and flaps retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N136CH
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4110116
- Airframe hours
- 6,710
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-C7, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Jump West, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jump West, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- UT10 · Cedar Fort, UT
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,008 total · 220 in this make and model · 961 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PVU, 15 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.