Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MIA89LA053

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL, USA

Aircraft #1

N109PL

PILATUS P-2/05

Analysis

AFTER AN EN ROUTE STOP, THE PILOT TOOK OFF IN THE NEWLY ACQUIRED ACFT. SHORTLY AFTER GEAR AND FLAP RETRACTION, THE ENG SUSTAINED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PLT STATED THAT ALL ENG GAGES APPEARED NORMAL AND A TURN WAS BEGUN IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE ARPT. MOMENTS LATER, ALL POWER WAS LOST AND A FORCED LDG WAS ATTEMPTED. DURING THE DESCENT, THE ACFT CLIPPED SOME TREES, STRUCK A POWER LINE, AND CRASHED INVERTED INTO A MOBILE-HOME PARK. WITNESSES STATED THE PLT HAD ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE ACFT THE DAY BEFORE, BUT RETURNED DUE TO ENG PROBLEMS. THE SINGLE SHAFT DUAL MAGS WERE ROTATED BY ELECTRIC MOTOR AFTER THE ACCIDENT & ONLY INTERMITTENT SPARKS WERE OBSERVED.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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