Beech C24 accident near Denton, TX
On April 13, 2014, a Beech C24 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Denton, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 13, 2014
- Place
- Denton, TX
- Aircraft
- Beech C24 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.416°N, 97.447°W
- NTSB ID
- 20140415X44541
Official records · CEN14FA198
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn April 12, 2014, about 2119 central daylight time, a Beech C24R airplane, N23984, impacted terrain near Denton, Texas, during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The private pilot sustained serious injuries, one passenger sustained minor injuries, and one passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged. It was registered to N-Ovation Systems, LLC, and was being operated on a visual flight rules flight plan under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Night, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The cross country flight originated from Drake Field (FYV), Fayetteville, Arkansas, about 1830, and its destination was Hicks Field (T67), Fort Worth, Texas. The pilot reported he was level at 4,500 ft as he neared Class B airspace. Air traffic control (ATC) advised him to descend to 3,500 ft and he reduced power to begin the decent. He pulled the throttle back to set manifold pressure at 19 [inches] and pulled the propeller control to set 2,000 revolutions per minute (RPM). There was initially a large drop in RPM, so he eased the propeller control forward slightly. He stated the RPM initially responded, but then fell and "he had no propulsion." He said he received a manifold pressure alarm and pulled the throttle back to idle. The pilot scanned the engine instruments and the engine oil pressure and temperature were "normal." He declared a "Mayday" and indicated to ATC an assumed loss of oil pressure to the propeller. He pushed the propeller and throt
Probable cause
The pilot mistakenly manipulated the airplane's mixture knob rather than the propeller control knob during the descent, reducing the airplane's mixture knob to where the fuel-air mixture to the engine was too lean, which caused the engine to fail, and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the subsequent night forced landing.
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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.
