Posted on 12/09/2023 4:17:35 PM PST by DFG
The NTSB found that mechanical failures caused a plane to go off the runway and crash into a car in McKinney last month.
It happened on November 11 and the pilot was coming from Abilene. The only injury reported was the person in the car that was struck.
Investigators said the first problem was a door seal that failed on the single-engine Lancair IV-P.
The plane lost pressurization, so the pilot made an emergency descent, then noticed a caution light about the propeller.
The pilot reduced power and tried an emergency landing at Aero Country Airport in McKinney, but the knob on the power lever came off.
He tried maximum braking, but without the working power lever, the plane kept going, through a fence and onto Virginia Parkway, where it hit a car that was driving by.
Well, it does look pretty bent up in that picture.
(FAIL 4: Knob on the power lever came off)
Yeah....
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In a Cessna 182 (rental) I once had a throttle mixture knob and cable come right out. Luckily it happened during my run up before taking off. Taxied right back to the hanger and changed planes….. mechanical things even with maintenance can still fail…
Great that it happened on the ground! I once had the oil cooler go kapoosh during a ground runup while in for an annual. The week before we had been at about 10,000 feet next to Denali. Nothing around there but jagged airplane eating teeth.
The knob on the power lever came off.
Quality control office not answering the phone.
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