Aero Commander 500S accident near Linwood, KS
On June 24, 2008, an Aero Commander 500S (airplane) was involved in an accident near Linwood, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 24, 2008
- Place
- Linwood, KS
- Aircraft
- Aero Commander 500S · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.240°N, 95.889°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080708X00985
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 24, 2008, at 1020 central daylight time, an Aero Commander 500S, N411JT, registered to Central Airlines and operated by Central Air Southwest, Kansas City, Missouri, was destroyed when the it impacted terrain following a loss of power on both engines while maneuvering near Linwood, Kansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The training flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The two commercial pilots on board the airplane, the company's chief pilot/director of operations and a pilot receiving a flight check, were fatally injured. The local flight originated at 0927 from Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC), Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas Highway Patrol and the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office interviewed all known witnesses and collected their written statements. One witness saw "an eastbound twin engine high-wing [air]plane at low altitude that was extremely loud and flying very slowly" and "appeared to be flying level." The airplane "seemed to be throttled up, but was moving very slowly." Three surveyors were working at Cantrell Road (County Road 1) at its intersection with 222nd Street. One of the surveyors was sitting in his truck and heard an airplane overhead. He wrote: "Engine was not running smoothly. Heard sputtering loudly, then silence...plane hit ground, what appeared to be nose first, and rest of plane crumbled to the ground until only the tail was visible in the field." He called 9-1-1. Emergency servic
Probable cause
The pilot-in-training inadvertently shutting off both engine fuel control valves causing a loss of power in both engines, and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in a stall. Contributing to the accident was the chief pilot's inadequate supervision of the pilot-in-training.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
