ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322634
| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 2004 |
| Time: | 03:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Owner/operator: | Baron Aviation |
| Registration: | N738FX |
| MSN: | 208B0482 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 19 km NE of Helena, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Memphis International Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM) |
| Memphis International Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight departed Memphis International Airport (MEM) at 02:38 for a training flight in the area. During a demonstration procedure for loss of engine power, the check airman reduced the power lever to idle, turned on the ignition, and un-stowed and advanced the emergency power lever (EPL). The check airman felt a vibration and then heard a noise. He re-stowed the EPL and advanced the engine power lever. Flames exited the exhaust and the check airman shut down the engine, and made an emergency landing on Highway 61 near the Dundee exit. After landing the airplane the two pilots attempted to remove the airplane from the roadway, and a passing 18-wheeler truck struck the left wing of the airplane.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper use of the emergency power lever which resulted in excessive operating temperatures. A factor was the improper adjustment of the emergency power lever dead band."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
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| 20 January 1998 | N738FX | Baron Aviation Services | 0 | Grand Island, NE | |
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| 25 September 2013 | C-FEXV | Morningstar Air Express | 1 | Hudson Bay, ON |  |
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