NTSB Identification: CEN16LA119
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, February 27, 2016 in Casey, IL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/06/2016
Aircraft: BEECH 95 C55, registration: N88FL
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot was conducting a cross-country flight in a multiengine airplane; he entered the pattern on the crosswind leg and set the mixture and power for landing and extended the flaps. He reported that the right engine “sputtered” while the airplane was abeam the runway threshold. The pilot immediately checked the power levers, pushed the mixture controls to full. As he turned onto the base leg of the traffic pattern, the right engine lost power. He further reported that, during the turn to the final leg of the traffic pattern, the left engine also sputtered, and then experienced a total loss of power. The pilot extended the flaps to the final setting, lowered the landing gear, and pushed the airplane’s nose over to “make the runway.” The pilot said that he “flared then bounced, floated and bounced again." The airplane ran off the paved surface, flew over a ditch and touched down in a plowed field where all three landing gear collapsed. Postaccident examination revealed that the airplane touched down on the 1,400-foot-long parallel taxiway, rather than the runway, and continued off the taxiway, where it came to rest. During recovery of the airplane from the accident site, 25 gallons of fuel was drained from each of the main fuel tanks. The airplane’s engines were run on a test stand at the manufacturer’s facility. Both engines exhibited normal operation through all power settings. No other system anomalies were found with the airplane. It is likely the pilot, distracted by the reported loss of power on both engines, mistook the parallel taxiway for the runway. On touching down, he quickly ran out of hard surface and pulled the airplane back into the air. He subsequently touched down beyond the perimeter road about taxiway into soft ground, collapsing the landing gear and resulting in the damage to the airplane’s forward fuselage and right wing.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's inadvertent landing on a taxiway after a reported loss of engine power in both engines, which resulted in an overrun of the paved surface. The reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined because a postaccident test run of the engines did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
On February 27, 2016 about 1030 Central Standard Time, a Beech 95-C55 airplane, N88FL, impacted in a field while attempting to land at the Casey Municipal Airport (1H8), Casey, Illinois. The pilot and passenger on board were not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to DBI Properties LLC and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross country flight that operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The flight originated from the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), Birmingham, Alabama, at 0720.
The pilot reported having difficulty visually locating the airport and had to ask Air Traffic Control (ATC) for vectors to the airport twice. After finally locating the airport, the pilot reported that he entered that traffic pattern on the crosswind leg and extended his downwind leg because of the excessive speed. He set the mixture and throttle controls for landing and extended flaps to the approach setting abeam the threshold for runway 04. At that time the right engine "sputtered". The pilot immediately checked the throttle levers and advanced the mixtures to full forward. As he turned onto the base leg, the right engine lost power. The pilot continued the landing pattern making a turn onto final approach. As he was making the turn, the left engine "sputtered and then shut down." The pilot extended the flaps to the final setting, lowered the landing gear, and pushed the airplane's nose over to "make the runway." The pilot said that he "flared then bounced, floated and bounced again. I saw a ditch at the end of the runway so I flew over it and the [airport] perimeter road, touching down in a plowed field. The [landing] gear caught in the rough ground and all three struts collapsed."
The Federal Aviation Administration conducted an on scene examination of the airport and the airplane. The taxiway that paralleled runway 04 showed tire marks that went off the taxiway into the adjacent field where the taxiway curved toward the runway. Two taxiway lights were found broken along what would have been the airplane's path. The tire marks ended and then were seen again in a plowed and muddy field just beyond the airport perimeter road. The tire marks continued for about 1,500 ft to where the airplane came to rest.
An examination of the airplane showed the nose gear and right main landing gear collapsed. The left main gear was bent and broken outboard of the wheel well. The airplane's right wing spar was bent upward outboard of the aileron and the forward fuselage bulkheads at the nose wheel well showed upward crushing and bending. Both propellers were feathered and the propeller controls were in the feather position. When examined at the scene, there was no fuel in the left main tank or left auxiliary tank. The right main tank was full of fuel. The right auxiliary fuel tank was partially full, with a fuel level about an inch from the bottom of the tank. Both fuel selectors were on the respective left and right main fuel tanks positions. No anomalies were found with the airplane's systems at the scene. The engines were retained for later examination.
On March 3, 2016, AMF Aviation, LLC, recovered the airplane from the accident scene. Prior to moving the airplane, 25 gallons of fuel (50 total gallons) was removed from each of the two main fuel tanks. The representative for AMF Aviation reported the fuel was clean 100 low lead.
Casey Municipal Airport is located on the west-northwest side of the town of Casey, Illinois. The field elevation is 653 ft msl. Its principal runway is 04/22, which is 4,001 ft long by 75 ft wide. It is asphalt surfaced with medium intensity edge lighting. A taxiway parallels runway 04 to the north and begins about 2,700 ft from the approach end of the runway. The taxiway measures about 1,400 ft in length to where it curves to the right and proceeds perpendicularly to the runway. A 12-ft wide perimeter road is located 487 ft from the departure end of runway 04.
At 0853, the reported weather conditions at Coles County Memorial Airport (MTO), Mattoon/Charleston, Illinois, 16 nm northwest of 1H8, were wind 180 at 10 knots, clear skies, visibility 9 statute miles temperature 34 degrees Fahrenheit (F), dew point 28 degrees F, and altimeter 30.09 inches of Mercury.
Both engines were examined at Continental Motors, Incorporated, Mobile, Alabama, on June 13, 14, and 15, 2016. Each engine was mounted on a test stand, connected to fuel and electrical sources, started, and run for approximately 30 minutes. Both engines showed normal operation through all power settings.
DBI PROPERTIES LLC: http://registry.faa.gov/N88FL
NTSB Identification: CEN16LA119
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, February 27, 2016 in Casey, IL
Aircraft: BEECH 95 C55, registration: N88FL
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On February 27, 2016 about 0900 Central Standard Time, a Beech 95-C55, N88FL, impacted in a field while attempting to land at the Casey Municipal Airport (1H8), Casey, Illinois. The pilot and passenger on board were not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was register to a limited liability company and operated by the pilot as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross country flight that was operating on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The flight originated at Birmingham, Alabama, at 0902.
The pilot reported having difficulty visually locating the airport and had asked for Air Traffic Control (ATC) vectors to the airport twice. After finally locating the airport, the pilot reported that he extended his downwind leg because of the excessive speed. While the airplane was on base leg to land, one of the engines began to lose power, which was followed by the other engine losing power after the turn to final approach. The pilot touched down and bounced twice before going off the end of a taxiway that paralleled the runway. The airplane's landing gear collapsed and the airplane slid in a muddy field about 1,500 feet before coming to a stop.
An on scene examination conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration showed both propellers feathered and the propeller controls in the feather position. There was no fuel in the left main tank or left auxiliary tank. The right main tank was completely full. The right auxiliary fuel tank was partially full, with a fuel level about an inch from the bottom of the tank. The fuel selectors were both on the main fuel tanks. The airplane's right wing spar was bent upward outboard of the engine nacelle and the forward fuselage bulkheads at the nose wheel well showed upward crushing and bending.
At 0853, the reported weather conditions at Coles County Municipal Airport, Mattoon/Charleston, Illinois, 16 nm northwest, were wind 180 at 10 knots, clear skies, visibility 9 statute miles temperature 1 degree Celsius (C), dew point -2 degrees C, and altimeter 30.09 inches of Mercury.
FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Springfield FSDO-19
Casey, IL -- What started off as a normal Saturday morning for folks in Casey Illinois quickly changed. It was quite the shock to see a small propeller plane crash in a field
"I came out to do some work outside and my neighbor was outside and he pointed to the airplane over there," said Casey resident, Bill Farrell.
A twin engine aircraft was trying to land at the Casey Municipal Airport. When the engine failed, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing in a near by field.
"Saw that plane and I told my wife there's a plane crashed out there. I seen the Fire Department, the Firemen going across the field toward the plane, and I seen the pilot had got out and were out meeting him," said Casey resident, Stephen Martin.
According to authorities there were no injuries. Neighbors in the vicinity of the crash, say this incident brought up emotions from the past.
"That's only the second plane crash since I've lived here," said Martin.
Stephen Martin is talking about a crash that happened in August 2015. Farmer David Goodwin died in a crash that happened after he flew his Cessna Plane out of Casey Municipal Airport.
This time, the pilot was seen uninjured and walked away from the crash.
"I looked at the planes condition, and I can tell that he brought it down pretty good, I thought, and I didn't hear an engine or anything so I imagine the engine died on him or something. But the way the plane was sitting. I knew he got of the plane okay," said Martin.
Story and photo: http://www.mywabashvalley.com
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