Cessna 402 crash, Apr 10, 2011 (1 killed), Biddeford
Cessna 402 accident on April 10, 2011 near Biddeford, Maine, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot let the airspeed fall below minimum...
- Date: April 10, 2011
- Aircraft: Cessna 402
- Location: Biddeford, Maine, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot let the airspeed fall below minimum controllable speed on final after a partial power loss in the right engine, which was caused by damaged throttle o-rings that were pinched during installation.
A Cessna 402B on a repositioning flight from White Plains to Portland, Maine changed its destination without explanation and joined the pattern at the Biddeford airport. On final approach it lost power in the right engine, slowed below minimum controllable airspeed and went out of control, crashing short of the runway into a house. The pilot was killed.