Beechcraft A23-24 N5750V

Summary

On 10 May 1982 at about 19:45 local time, a Beechcraft A23-24 registered N5750V was involved in an accident near Kingston, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 May 1982 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingston, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Meadow Lake (30A)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft A23-24

Registration

N5750V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kingston → Kingston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA129

Nobody was 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

DURING TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL AND THE PILOT DITCHED THE PLANE IN A LAKE. AFTER THE DITCHING, THE PILOT EGRESSED FROM THE PLANE AND ENTER A FISHING BOAT THAT PULLED UP ALONGSIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE PLANK SANK. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED, THE ENGINE WAS PREPARED FOR A TEST RUN. AFTER SOME DIFFICULTY IN STARTING, IT RAN SMOOTHLY WHEN THE MIXTURE WAS LEANED EXCESSIVELY. WHEN THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY. AFTER THAT, THE ENGINE WAS CHECKED WITH THE ORIGINAL FUEL CONTROL RE-INSTALLED, AND AGAIN, IT WOULD RUN SMOOTHLY ONLY WHEN LEANED. THE ORIGINAL FUEL CONTROL UNIT WAS BENCH TESTED. REPORTEDLY, IT TESTED NORMAL, AND AFTER THAT, IT OPERATED PROPERLY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.