ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322503
Date: | Tuesday 30 November 2004 |
Time: | 19:56 |
Type: | MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet |
Owner/operator: | Grand Aire Express |
Registration: | N604GA |
MSN: | 1037 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6875 hours |
Engine model: | General Electric CJ610-5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Howell Island, MO -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Saint Louis-Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO (SUS/KSUS) |
Destination airport: | Toledo-Express Airport, OH (TOL/KTOL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:HFB-320 Hansa Jet N604GA was ferried from Toledo (TOL) to Saint Louis (SUS) on March 23, 2004. In July 2004, Midcoast Aviation, located at SUS, was asked to perform the maintenance required by the FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2004-01-11, "Replace Elevator Trim Cables." This was accomplished in September 2004. Two months later a Special Flight Permit was issued by the FAA for a ferry flight back to Toledo. Grand Aire's president arrived at Saint Louis to fly the plane back. At 19:43, N604GA contacted the SUS Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and received its IFR clearance to TOL. N604GA requested permission to do a high-speed back taxi on runway 26L. This was authorized. At 19:54, ATCT cleared N604GA for takeoff from runway 26L. The aircraft lost height after takeoff and crashed along the riverbank of Howell Island, about 3,7 km past the end of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The maintenance facility failed to properly install and inspect the elevator trim system resulting in the reversed elevator trim condition and the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the terrain. Contributing factors included the dark night and low ceiling."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI05FA038 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
FAA
AP, NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; Howell Island, MO; November 2004; (publicdomain)
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