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MIA90LA056

1990-01-17 · BOCA RATON, Florida, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BCT

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

LOSS OF POWER IN THE RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO A DISCONNECTED DUCT BETWEEN THE TURBOCHARGER AND THE PLENUM CHAMBER. THE REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER IN THE LEFT ENGINE WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Factual narrative

WHILE LEVEL AFTER DESCENDING, THE RT ENG QUIT. PLT FEATHERED THE PROP, ADVISED ATC, & WAS DIVERTING TO ALTERNATE WHEN LT ENG QUIT. HE POSITIONED THE LT ENG BOOST PUMP TO HIGH & LOW WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS, BUT DID NOT FEATHER THE PROP. POSITION OF BOOST PUMPS, WHEN ENGS QUIT, WAS NOT DETERMINED. ACFT LANDED ON OVERPASS THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THERE WAS FUEL LEAKAGE AFTER ACCIDENT DUE TO ACFT DAMAGE. FUEL QUANTITY WAS SUFFICIENT. EXAM OF ACFT REVEALED RT ENG FLEXIBLE DUCT FROM TURBOCHARGER TO PLENUM CHAMBER SEPARATED DUE TO LOOSE CLAMP. HOSE WAS INSTALLED & CLUB PROP INSTALLED FOR EACH ENG RUN. BOTH ENGS OPERATED NORMALLY. INDUCTION AIR HOSE WAS PULLED DURING RT ENG RUN. ENG RAN ROUGH DUE TO EXCESSIVE RICH MIXTURE. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE FOR THE REASON OF THE LEFT ENG POWER LOSS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1990_MIA90LA056.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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