The crew declared an emergency and notified ATC that it had lost both engines. [Courtesy: NTSB/FAA]
Key Takeaways:
The NTSB's preliminary report on a charter jet crash in Naples, Florida, indicates the crew experienced simultaneous oil pressure warnings for both engines, leading to an emergency declaration and subsequent loss of engine power.
The two pilots were killed, but the cabin attendant and two passengers survived with minor injuries, evacuating the aircraft before it was consumed by fire after crash-landing on Interstate 75.
Initial wreckage examination found no pre-impact anomalies in the left engine, but investigators noted a small, yellow-colored debris particle in the right engine's main fuel inlet port and a yellowish tint in some fuel samples from the right engine.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report on the crash of a charter jet in Naples, Florida, earlier in February. According to the NTSB, the crew of a charter jet experienced a loss of oil pressure moments before the accident.
The pilots were killed, but the passengers and cabin attendant escaped before the jet was destroyed by fire.
CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT
Sign up to keep reading
Create a free account to continue. Already a member? Sign in below.
Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
