Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV crash, Dec 10, 2021 (1 killed)
Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV accident on December 10, 2021 near Bedford, New Hampshire (approach to Manchester-Boston Regional), United States with 1...
- Date: December 10, 2021
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV
- Location: Bedford, New Hampshire (approach to Manchester-Boston Regional), United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to secure and feather the left engine and increase power on the right engine after a perceived loss of left engine power, resulting in loss of control. Contributing was reduced left engine power from turbine blade separation and stator damage after prolonged high temperature operation.
A Castle Aviation Merlin IV on a night cargo flight reported an engine failure on the instrument approach to Manchester and crashed about a quarter mile short of the runway. The pilot was killed and a post crash fire consumed most of the wreckage. The NTSB found the pilot did not feather the left propeller or increase right engine power.