ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325784
| Date: | Saturday 4 May 1991 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  GAF Nomad N.22BFP |
| Owner/operator: | Johnson Wax Company |
| Registration: | N5590M |
| MSN: | 83 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 770 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C17B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 km from Bowling Green, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Bowling Green-Warren County Airport, KY (BWG/KBWG) |
| Racine-Horlick Airport, WI (RAC/KRAC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after reaching 1500 m, no. 1 engine problems (a.o. high TGT) forced the pilot to shut the engine down and to feather the prop. He tried to return to Bowling Green, but had to make a forced landing in a field.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The loss of engine power brought on by a failure of the no.2 main engine bearing. Contributing to the accident was the lack of sufficient power on the remaining engine to maintain level flight."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Air International
NTSB
Scramble Vol.13, nr.03
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