Cessna 337E N1259M

Summary

On 13 November 1988 at about 01:50 local time, a Cessna 337E registered N1259M, operated by Brents International, was involved in an accident near Kahului, Hawaii, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 November 1988 at 01:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Kahului, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

20.8694, -156.4499

Aircraft

Cessna 337E

Registration

N1259M

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Brents International

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oakland → Honolulu

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX89LA049

Nobody was injured.

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 PLT RPRTD THAT AFTER ABOUT 10 HRS ON AN OVERWATER FERRY FLT, HE NOTICED HIGH OIL TEMP & LOW OIL PRESSURE INDCNS FROMTHE REAR ENG. EVENTUALLY THE REAR ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, SO HE SHUT IT DOWN, FEATHERED ITS PROP AND 'INCREASED POWER ON THE FRONT ENGINE'. ABOUT 1 HR LATER, THE FRONT ENG BEGAN INDICATING A HIGH CYLINDER HEAD TEMP (CHT). HE REDUCED POWER (SOMEWHAT) ON THE FRONT ENG & RESTARTED THE REAR ENG. HOWEVER, AFTER ABOUT 10 MIN, THE REAR ENG BEGAN RUNNING SO ROUGH, HE SHUT DOWN & SECURED IT AGAIN. SUBSEQUENTLY, WHILE TALKING TO A COAST GUARD C-130 & GIVING A POSITION RPRT, THE FRONT ENG LOST POWER COMPLETELY. THE PLT REPORTED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL ABOARD AND THE FRONT ENG WAS RUNNING ON THE MN TANK. THE PLT ATMTD A RESTART, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET EITHER ENG TO RUN. HE DITCHED THE ACFT IN THE OCEAN & WAS EVENTUALLY RESCUED. THE ACFT WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.