Date: | Tuesday 8 November 2005 |
Time: | 07:20 |
Type: | Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante |
Owner/operator: | AirNow |
Registration: | N7801Q |
MSN: | 110228 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,4 km from Manchester Municipal Airport, NH (MHT) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Manchester Municipal Airport, NH (MHT/KMHT) |
Destination airport: | Bangor International Airport, ME (BGR/KBGR) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Embraer 110 departed Manchester on a cargo flight to Bangor. Shortly after takeoff the airplane crashed into a Wal-Mart garden center and burst into flames. Wal-Mart is located 1,4 km North of the end of runway 17/35.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilots misapplication of flight controls following an engine failure. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the sun gear, which resulted in the loss of engine power. Contributing to the sun gear failure were the engine manufacturers grandfathering of previously recommended, but less reliable, maintenance standards, the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) acceptance of the engine manufacturers grandfathering, the operators inadequate maintenance practices, and the FAAs inadequate oversight of the operator."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC06FA027 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years and 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
FAA
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; near Manchester Municipal Airport, NH (MHT); 08 November 2005; (publicdomain)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; July 1995
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