Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 15 MAI 2003 |
| Heure: | 17:10 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Compagnie: | DK&L Company |
| Immatriculation: | N208AD |
| Numéro de série: | 208B-0063 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1987 |
| Heures de vol: | 12059 |
| Moteurs: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 1 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 1 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 7 km (4.4 milles) W of Lorain County Regional Airport, OH (LPR) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Convoyage |
| Aéroport de départ: | Lorain County Regional Airport, OH (LPR), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Anderson Municipal Airport, IN (AID), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
The pilot reported that for takeoff, both fuel selectors were ON, and his initial climb was conducted at 90 to 100 knots, with a 10 to 15 degree pitch attitude. He momentarily leveled at 2,200 feet, and sensed a decrease in engine torque. The low fuel pressure light illuminated, and the fuel flow was lower than normal. The pilot turned the boost pump and ignition ON, and there was no change in engine condition or fuel flow, and the low fuel pressure light remained illuminated. He then advanced the power lever to the full power position, and there was no response from the engine. The pilot heard what he thought was an engine noise, which he described as a decreasing sound. He set up for a forced landing in a field. The airplane came to rest near a residence, inverted.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to verify the position of the fuel selectors prior to takeoff, which resulted in a power loss due to fuel starvation. A factor was the failure of the fuel selector warning horn." Sources:
» NTSB
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Lorain County Regional Airport, OH et Anderson Municipal Airport, IN est de 318 km (199 miles).
La distance entre Lorain County Regional Airport, OH et Anderson Municipal Airport, IN est de 318 km (199 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
