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Is Two safer than One? No!
Is Two safer than One? No!
Date
NTSB No
Registration
Fatalities
Injuries
FAR 135/ commercial
Day/
night
night
Cloud base ft.
Visibility
st miles
st miles
Comment
29/09/85
ATL85MA286
N551CC
17
0
No
Day
Clear
7
Fuel Contamination; over gross weight;c.g out of limits; initial departure
01/11/85
ANC86FA007
N9241F
2
2
Yes
Day
3800
15
T/O; fuel selector off; design change; initial departure
04/09/87
FTW87FA208
N807LA
0
0
Yes
Night
Clear
10
Oil pump failure; cruise; off airport landing. Retaining nut backed off
05/03/90
DEN901A072
N812FE
0
0
Yes
Night
1600
30
Power turbine failure; dark night; climb.
06/03/90
LAX90LA110
N851FE
0
0
Yes
Day
4000
20
Oil cap left off; off airport landing; design change; cruise.
06/06/90
LAX90FA209
N803FE
0
1
yes
Day
Clear
20
Improper oil cap maintenance; off airport; design change; climb.
21/07/90
DEN90FA66
N105YV
0
0
No
Day
10,000
20
Turbine failure; forced landing on road in mountains; descent.
03/09/91
ANC91FA142
N9438F
0
0
Yes
Day
?
40
Oil cap left off; off airport landing; design change; cruise?
13/10/99
NYC00WA014
N117G
0
0
No
Night
?
15
Engine failure; ditched Lake Erie; cruise.
26/04/01
IAD01LA048
N974FE
0
1
No
Shortly after take-off; 1000-1500ft AGL; engine spooled down smoothly & gradually; initial departure; over-torqued for 99 sec, peaking at 34% above limit
Accident Data
Table 3.1 Loss of power events: Cessna C208 Caravan (US Operations)
