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A twin engine small transport on approach with one engine inoperative lands short as pilot pulls power on good engine prematurely.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 143787 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199004 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : idp |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 1550 flight time type : 69 |
| ASRS Report | 143787 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical non adherence other other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On apr/mon/90 pilot rented or borrowed small transport for a non-charter business flight. On the return flight from wichita, ks the pilot shut down the left engine due to it running rough. He flew to the nearest airport for landing. On short final he pulled the power back on the right engine for landing and the engine quit. The plane landed short of the runway, collapsing the nose gear. Minimal damage was done to the aircraft and the passenger were not injured.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TWIN ENGINE SMT ON APCH WITH ONE ENGINE INOPERATIVE LANDS SHORT AS PLT PULLS POWER ON GOOD ENGINE PREMATURELY.
Narrative: ON APR/MON/90 PLT RENTED OR BORROWED SMT FOR A NON-CHARTER BUSINESS FLT. ON THE RETURN FLT FROM WICHITA, KS THE PLT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE DUE TO IT RUNNING ROUGH. HE FLEW TO THE NEAREST ARPT FOR LNDG. ON SHORT FINAL HE PULLED THE POWER BACK ON THE RIGHT ENGINE FOR LNDG AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PLANE LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE ACFT AND THE PAX WERE NOT INJURED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.