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Light twin loses ant engine shortly after takeoff. Engine shutdown and routine single engine approach and landing ensue.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 140142 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199003 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ful |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 300 agl bound upper : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ful |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 21 flight time total : 338 flight time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 140142 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Preflight and engine run-up showed no sign of impending engine failure. Takeoff roll normal, rotation and lift-off normal. 300' airborne, past departure end of runway 6, left engine lost power as evidenced by extreme yaw to left. Standard single engine procedure employed; left engine propeller feathered and engine secured. Aircraft configured for single engine operation, climb continued to safe altitude, ful tower advised of problem, no emergency declared. Unable to restart left engine. Oil observed flowing over top of wing. Left engine secured per emergency procedures in pilot handbook. Single engine landing runway 6 ful completed west/O further incident. Inspection (visibility) revealed internal failure of left engine, breaking the left engine in half, and the cam broken and exposed through the missing pieces of the engine block. Good flight training and single engine procedures made this event safer and not a tragedy. Tower personnel calmness assisted in the professional attitude and helped reassure the correct outcome of the situation. Tanks to all my flight instrs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LIGHT TWIN LOSES ANT ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND ROUTINE SINGLE ENGINE APCH AND LNDG ENSUE.
Narrative: PREFLT AND ENG RUN-UP SHOWED NO SIGN OF IMPENDING ENG FAILURE. TKOF ROLL NORMAL, ROTATION AND LIFT-OFF NORMAL. 300' AIRBORNE, PAST DEP END OF RWY 6, LEFT ENG LOST PWR AS EVIDENCED BY EXTREME YAW TO LEFT. STANDARD SINGLE ENG PROC EMPLOYED; LEFT ENG PROP FEATHERED AND ENG SECURED. ACFT CONFIGURED FOR SINGLE ENG OPERATION, CLB CONTINUED TO SAFE ALT, FUL TWR ADVISED OF PROB, NO EMER DECLARED. UNABLE TO RESTART LEFT ENG. OIL OBSERVED FLOWING OVER TOP OF WING. LEFT ENG SECURED PER EMER PROCS IN PLT HANDBOOK. SINGLE ENG LNDG RWY 6 FUL COMPLETED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION (VIS) REVEALED INTERNAL FAILURE OF LEFT ENG, BREAKING THE LEFT ENG IN HALF, AND THE CAM BROKEN AND EXPOSED THROUGH THE MISSING PIECES OF THE ENG BLOCK. GOOD FLT TRNING AND SINGLE ENG PROCS MADE THIS EVENT SAFER AND NOT A TRAGEDY. TWR PERSONNEL CALMNESS ASSISTED IN THE PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE AND HELPED REASSURE THE CORRECT OUTCOME OF THE SITUATION. TANKS TO ALL MY FLT INSTRS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.