Cessna 425 N2079A

Summary

On 29 May 1985 at about 23:28 local time, a Cessna 425 registered N2079A was involved in an accident near Dayton, Ohio, United States. 4 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 May 1985 at 23:28

Classification

Accident

Location

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

James M. Cox Dayton Intl (DAY)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 425

Registration

N2079A

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FA218

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT INVOLVED WAS EXPERIMENTALLY CONFIGURED WITH 4-BLADED PROPS AND WAS ON A TEST FLT TO DETERMINE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS FOLLOWING A THROTTLE CHOP TO IDLE POWER AT 50 FT AGL. THIS MANEUVER HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TWICE ON THE TEST FLT WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON THE THIRD LANDING, THE PLT LATER STATED, THAT HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES MORE BRISKLY THAN ON PREVIOUS APPROACHES. OBSERVERS ON THE PLANE AND ON THE GROUND THEN SAW A YAW AND A WING DROP. THE RIGHT GEAR STRUCK THE RWY FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT AND NOSE GEARS. ALL THREE GEAR THEN SHEARED OFF. THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP OFF THE RWY 975 FT FROM INITIAL IMPACT. A POST-ACCIDENT TEARDOWN OF THE PROPS REVEALED NO PREEXISTING MISADJUSTMENTS OR ABNORMALITIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.