Date:	Monday 19 April 1993
Time:	23:20
Type:	British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31
Owner/operator:	United Express, opb Westair Commuter Airlines
Registration:	N131CA
MSN:	787
Year of manufacture:	1987
Total airframe hrs:	8873 hours
Engine model:	Garrett TPE331-1-10
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Merced Municipal Airport, CA (MCE) -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Merced Municipal Airport, CA (MCE/KMCE)
Destination airport:	Merced Municipal Airport, CA (MCE/KMCE)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Soon after lift-off on the second takeoff, a no. 1 engine failure was simulated. The aircraft drifted to the left, but the co-pilot regained directional control. The aircraft then started to descent and struck the ground. The Jetstream was being used for a proficiency check flight for the co-pilot. An FAA inspector was aboard to observe the check pilot's ability to give profcheck flights.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The first officer's failure to maintain an adequate rate of climb after a single-engine loss of power was simulated, and the company check pilot's inadequate supervision and failure to note the descent. Darkness was a related factor."

Air Safety Week 17 May 1993 (p. 10)
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/95
Scramble 170

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


20 April 1993

N131CA

Westair Commuter Airlines

0

Merced, CA

w/o

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA); July 1991

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