Two dead, 1 injured in small plane crash in McKinney, officials say

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The crash was reported around 10:30 a.m. in the area of County Road 317, which is just south of the airport.

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Loss of power on one engine then VMC roll. Hit upside down. Classic VMC roll. Tragic.

lauraradigan

twin Cessna 414 N414BS for those who are curious.

yearsfuelingbigjets

Thank you to the yard personnel whos quick actions with the water truck kept the plane from becoming fully involved.

GraniteRWolf

The crash site is at:
McKinney - North Texas Natural Select Materials
3403 County Road 317
McKinney, TX 75069
And is southeast of the departure end of Runway 36.
The aircraft, N414BS a Cessna 414 twin engine plane, departed on Runway 18 but failed to fly the plane straight ahead after experiencing an engine failure. There are open fields south of Old Mill Road and north of Wilson Creek where the pilot could have flown the plane straight-in to an off-field landing. It looks as though the pilot was instead attempting to turn around and head back to the airport. An engine out condition, coupled with slow airspeed, low altitude, and turning typically lead to a stall and uncontrolled crash like this one. The description of the aircraft after takeoff indicates the one engine was not producing power. The plane stalled, rolled over (a Vmc roll) and impacted the ground inverted.
Vmc stands for Velocity Minimum Control. It’s the minimum airspeed at which an aircraft can maintain control with one engine inoperative.

jimw

So tough seeing another Twin go down
I feel sometimes people get their license but dont stay competent enough to fly them in emergency situations
" not saying this pilot wasnt competent " but very sad loss of life

you need decision altitudes where if u get an engine out u commit to forced landing, or above you Power up, Clean up, Identify, Verify, Rectify and then return to land
and if ur ever in a vmc roll pull the power and lower the nose and look to put her down

Every flight you do should be a practice for a what if it goes wrong here, where would I go, what do I do, Rehearse it on the ground, in your bed, in the car. The privilege of a license comes with an immense amount of responsibility...

jamesmcclarty-miller

0:44 Medevac helo descending into a cloud of rotor wash dust could have very easily been crash #2 at the scene.

z

Who texts other people to call 911 for them?

davoid

Does not have to be an engine out VMC roll. It can be a Torque roll from many things even with two good running engines and it can even be an accelerated roll with both good running engines. All you need to have is a Prop pitch failure on one engine or accidental prop pitch level change on one engine. The NTSB often negligently ignores these two realities in this type of twin failure. They always look to see if the engine was running, if it was, they blame pilot. But a sudden oil control governor failure in one engine can also cause it. Not oil loss, but some oil control valve failures can cause the pitch to go suddenly to low speed. . Lots of people don't realize a governor can have a failure that makes it go to full pitch, and prop HUB can also fail in a way to drive a prop to full pitch. The tensioner spring failure. NTSB never looks for these things.

josephkaminski

Landing that chopper in white-out conditions was reckless in its own. At least they could have used a tanker and wet the area .

desertchild

Just how do you focus on hunger by having an airplane ??
Non - profit ?? Probably just the usual tax dodging people do.

altz

When you lose an engine in a piston twin like this Cessna 414, you lose more than 80% of performance. He should have immediately lowered the pitch attitude and looked for a place to land straight ahead if he is below 1000 feet. If you are already at pattern altitude, then he can look for return to the airport but that is very risky unless you are very proficient with your piston twin.

ArizonaAirspace

Sounds like he stalled it on ROTOT or LOTOT. Another twin engine down. RIP. 🙏🏼

GuyFromSC

Vmc rollover… common with twin engine aircraft.

ctquicksilver

For an after take-off engine failure when you still don't have enough altitude for more choices, its smarter to just shut down both engines and glide/land straight ahead.

jonasbaine