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MKC85FA105

1985-05-19 · PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PBF

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

A SIMULATED ENG FAILURE WAS INITIATED BY THE CHK AIRMAN AT 200 AGL. THE PLT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND ADVANCED THE PWR LEVERS TO BRING PWR BACK TO THE ENGINE.THE PLT THEN NOTICED THE ENG FAILED AND HAD INSUFFICIENT ALT TO GET AN AIR RESTART. THE SUBSEQUENT DESCENT RESULTED IN CONTACT WITH TREES OFF THE END OF THE ARPT RWY. THE DESCENT WAS NOT ARRESTED AND THE ACFT STRUCK THE TERRAIN AND FLIPPED INVERTED. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT'S LEFT ENG REVEALED FOREIGN CONTAMINATION OF THE FUEL CONTROL GOVERNOR PY AIR RESTRICTOR. STATIC TESTING REVEALED SIGNIFICANT MALFUNCTIONING AT THE IDLE AND MAX GOVERNORING SPEED LIMITS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_MKC85FA105.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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