Raytheon Aircraft Company 58 accident near Teterboro, NJ
On August 21, 2009, a Raytheon Aircraft Company 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Teterboro, NJ. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 21, 2009
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.850°N, 74.056°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090821X62833
Official records · ERA09LA469
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 21, 2009, about 0305 eastern daylight time, a Hawker Beechcraft Corporation model 58 airplane, N167TB, collided with terrain during an attempted landing at Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, New Jersey. The pilot-in-command, a certificated airline transport pilot, was fatally injured (he died from his injuries on September 04, 2009). During the accident flight, the PIC allowed a certificated commercial pilot to occupy the left seat in the airplane, which is typically the PIC’s position. The second-in-command (SIC) sustained serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire. The flight was registered to and operated by Quest Diagnostics, Inc., under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed for the flight, and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed. The flight departed from Pottstown Limerick Airport, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, at 0252. The airplane was certificated for single-pilot flight operations, and the flight was originally scheduled as a single-pilot flight. Air traffic control (ATC) records from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed that ATC cleared the airplane for the Cedar Grove visual approach to runway 1, which is 7,000 feet long and 150 feet wide and is equipped with high-intensity runway edge lighting and visual approach slope indicator guidance. Radar data showed the airplane approaching from the west on an extended left base for runway 1 at 1,400 feet mean sea level (all altitudes are reported in mean sea leve
Probable cause
The complete loss of thrust due to the second-in-command’s (SIC) inadvertent feathering of both propellers during a high-speed, low-altitude approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command’s inadequate monitoring of the SIC’s performance. Chairman Hersman and Member Rosekind did not approve this probable cause. Chairman Hersman filed a dissenting statement, which Member Rosekind jo
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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.
