Accident Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante N7801Q,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322288

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
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: