Jul 7, 2014
Accident
Substantial Carthage, IL
Injuries1 minor
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 137
Probable Cause
The airplane’s inability to climb out of ground effect, which resulted from the pilot using a lower power setting than needed for takeoff due to the mechanic’s installation of the wrong engine torque gauge.
NTSB CEN14LA349