Aero Commander 680FL N271VT

Summary

On 2 June 1983 at about 23:23 local time, a Aero Commander 680FL registered N271VT was involved in an accident near Monticello, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 June 1983 at 23:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Monticello, Utah, United States

Coordinates

37.9800, -109.2899

Aircraft

Aero Commander 680FL

Registration

N271VT

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cortez → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83FA131

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE DOING MAGNETOMETER SURVEYS AT LOW ALTITUDE. THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD LOST POWER THEN REGAINED IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD AND LOST IT AGAIN. A VIDEOTAPE IN THE ACFT RECORDED THE PLT SAYING, 'I CHANGED THAT # JUST IN TIME.' THE ACFT YAWED AND THE PROPELLER SLOWED AT THE SAME TIME. THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVES WERE FOUND ON THE CENTER TANKS. THE BOOST PUMP SWITCHES WERE FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION. WHEN CHANGING FROM OUTBOARD TO CENTER TANKS THE BOOST PUMPS MUST BE ON OR FUEL STARVATION WILL OCCUR. AS THE ACFT SLOWED THE TAPE REVEALED THAT THE CO-PLT CALLED OUT'DOWN TO 90'. 90 MPH ISVMC. THE ACFT STALLED, SHORTLY AFTER THE ASYMMETRICAL THRUST ROLLED THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT AND INTO THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.