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C-45 Expeditor/52-10895

Serial #: 52-10895
Construction #:
  AF-825
Civil Registration:
  N3120G
   Model(s):
  C-45H Expeditor
Name: None
Status: Wrecked
Last info: 1982
History:
Neal Foster, Nome, AK, 1977-1982.
- Registered as N3120G.
- Slid into lake and sunk during landing, Deering, AK, Sept. 27, 1982.
NTSB Identification: ANC82DA100
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, September 27, 1982 in NEAR DEERING, AK
Probable Cause Approval Date: 9/27/83
Aircraft: BEECH C45H, registration: N3120G
Injuries: 3 Uninjured.

THE AIRCRAFT SLID WHEELS UP INTO A LAKE DURING A ONE-ENGINE FORCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SANK AND WAS NOT RECOVERED BUT ALL THE OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO REACH SHORE UNINJURED. THE PILOT SAID THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER DURING CRUISE AND HE ELECTED TO SHUT IT DOWN. DURING THE SHUT-DOWN HE FAILED TO ADD POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE IN TIME TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. BY THE TIME HE ADDED POWER THE AIRSPEED WAS BELOW 100 KNOTS AND THE ALTITUDE LESS THAN 800 AGL. THE PILOT COMMITTED HIMSELF TO A LANDING IN THE TUNDRA WHEELS UP AND SLID INTO THE LAKE.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

THROTTLE/POWER CONTROL..IMPROPER USE OF..PILOT IN COMMAND
PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES..IMPROPER..PILOT IN COMMAND
EMERGENCY PROCEDURE..DELAYED..PILOT IN COMMAND

Source(s):
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
National Transportation & Safety Board (NTSB), 2003.
 Photo Source(s):
None.
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