ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38065
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1993 |
| Time: | 12:23 LT |
| Type: |  Rockwell Aero Commander 690A |
| Owner/operator: | Midwest Flying Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N242TC |
| MSN: | 11219 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4373 hours |
| Engine model: | GARRETT TPE-331-5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lansing, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Battle Creek, MI (KBTL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED IN IMC CONDITIONS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT TOLD THE DEPARTURE CONTROLLER HE HAD '...A PROBLEM.' THE AIRPLANE'S FLIGHT PATH WAS A SERIES OF LEFTHAND TURNS WHILE PERFORMING DESCENTS AND ASCENTS. REPORTS OF ENGINE SOUNDS VARIED FROM HIGH RPM TO LOW RPM. MANY WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE DESCENDING OUT OF, AND CLIMBING INTO, CLOUDS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED IN A 45 DEGREE ANGLE DESCENT, RIGHT WING LOW, AS IT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND. THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION FOUND AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRIC GYRO SYSTEM INVERTER, A BROKEN FILAMENT ON THE INVERTER POWER 'OUT' LIGHT BULB, ELECTRICALLY POWERED GYRO'S ROTORS DID NOT HAVE ROTATIONAL DAMAGE, AND A VACUUM POWERED ATTITUDE INDICATOR ROTOR WITH ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT'S TOXICOLOGY REPORT STATED 45 MG/DL OF ETHANOL DETECTED IN HIS MUSCLE TISSUE.
Probable Cause: was the pilot-in-command not maintaining aircraft control during the intermittent operation of the electrically operated attitude gyro. Factor's associated with this accident are an fluctuating (intermittent) electrical system inverter and the pilot-in-command not performing remedial action by using the vacuum powered attitude gyro and other flight instruments once the airplane was making a series of climbs, descents, and heading changes.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI93FA378
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Apr-2024 10:58 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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