Na 64 N64BT

Summary

On 13 June 1982 at about 16:40 local time, a Na 64 registered N64BT, operated by DON S. Clark, was involved in an accident near Cambria, New York, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 June 1982 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Cambria, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Smith's Cambria (NK15)

Coordinates

43.1603, -78.6905

Aircraft

Na 64

Registration

N64BT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

DON S. Clark

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Buffalo → Lockport

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82FFJ15

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER HE MADE A PHOTO FLY-BY, HE BEGAN TO CLIMB. AT ABOUT 400 FT AGL, THE ENGINE FAILED AND HE BEGAN A FORCED LANDING. DURING THE APPROACH, THE TAIL WHEEL CAUGHT ON TWO ELECTRICAL WIRES AND THE AIRCRAFT PANCAKED ONTO A PAVED ROAD, THEN SLID INTO A PLOWED FIELD. A LIVE WIRE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL WHEEL. DURING IMPACT, THE FUEL TANKS RUPTURED, AND REPORTEDLY, THE LIVE WIRE IGNITED THE FUEL. AN ENGINE TEARDOWN REVEALED THAT THE IMPELLER HAD FAILED. THE FORE AND AFT BALL BEARINGS THAT SUPPORT THE IMPELLER WERE BURNT AND DETERIORATED. THE BALLS WERE FLATTENED AND FOUND LOOSE FROM THE RACES. THE IMPELLER BLADES WERE DAMAGED AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE IMPELLER FACE HAD MILLED AND GOUGED THE DIFFUSER SECTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.