Cessna 340A N2743Y

Summary

On 16 February 1986 at about 19:20 local time, a Cessna 340A registered N2743Y, operated by William M. Ring, was involved in an accident near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 February 1986 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Wheeling, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Palwaukee (PWK)

Coordinates

42.1293, -87.9203

Aircraft

Cessna 340A

Registration

N2743Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

William M. Ring

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Boston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86LA087

Nobody was 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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE LEFT ENG LOST PWR AT ROTATION. HE COULD THEN NOT CORRECT THE LEFT GROUND TRACK DEVIATION WITH RIGHT RUDDER. TO AVOID OBSTACLES AT THE EDGE OF THE RWY HE PULLED THE ACFT OFF THE GROUND BUT THE ACFT SOON SETTLED BACK DOWN, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AN ENG TEARDOWN REVEALED A SMALL HOLE IN THE FUEL CONTROLLER INLET SCREEN AND A VARIABLE ABSOLUTE PRESSURE CONTROLLER OUT OF CALIBRATION. THOSE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE TEARDOWN STATED THAT THESE DISCREPANCIES WOULD NOT HAVE RESULTED IN THE PWR LOSS AS DESCRIBED BY THE PLT. THE REASON THE ENG LOST PWR COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.