ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187048
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| Date: | Saturday 7 May 2016 |
| Time: | 16:55 |
| Type: |  Beech G35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4401D |
| MSN: | D-4599 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5968 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental E-225-8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Maricopa County, Sun Village, Surprise, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Glendale, AZ (GEU) |
| Glendale, AZ (GEU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor was asked to complete a maintenance test flight of the airplane following the installation of a repaired carburetor. He elected to use the flight to provide instruction to the private pilot who had requested a checkout in the airplane. The private pilot reported that the flight was initially normal, but then the engine stopped responding to throttle control. According to the private pilot, the engine remained at idle power as the airplane descended and impacted trees in a residential area.
Examination of the wreckage revealed that the carburetor throttle cable was detached from the throttle body linkage. The bolt and castellated nut used to secure the throttle cable to the linkage were found lying separately in the engine cowling; there was no evidence that a cotter pin had been used to secure the nut on the bolt, as required.
It is likely that the loss of engine power resulted from the failure of the mechanic who installed the carburetor to install the cotter pin when he attached the throttle cable to the carburetor. During the maintenance test flight, the castellated nut backed off of the bolt, which resulted in a loss of throttle control.
Probable Cause: The mechanic's failure to properly secure the bolt connecting the throttle cable to the carburetor during the installation of the carburetor, which resulted in a loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N4401D
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 January 1964 | N4401D | Non commercial | 0 | Phoenix, Arizona | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2016 03:19 | Geno | Added |
| 08-May-2016 23:15 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2016 23:39 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 14-May-2016 09:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:27 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 09-Sep-2018 18:01 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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