Beechcraft H35 N4800Y

Summary

On 12 August 1982 at about 18:49 local time, a Beechcraft H35 registered N4800Y, operated by Westwings Inc., was involved in an accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 August 1982 at 18:49

Classification

Accident

Location

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Tulsa Intl

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft H35

Registration

N4800Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Westwings Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tulsa → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW82FPM15

2 people died.

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

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING TAKEOFF. PILOT TRIED TO TURN BACK TO AIRPORT IN A LEFT BANK DESCRIBED AS 60 TO 90 DEGREES. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED ABOUT 1300 FEET EAST OF TAKEOFF POINT. DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE FUEL PUMP WAS PLACED ON A FLOW BENCH & ON THE INITIAL TEST WOULD NOT PUMP FUEL. THE VAPOR SEPARATOR TOWER COVERPLATE WAS REMOVED & A FOREIGN OBJECT WAS OBSERVED IN THE ORIFICE OF THE VAPOR EJECTOR. THERE WERE PARTICLES OF A BLACK SUBSTANCE FLOATING IN THE SEPARATOR TOWER. WHEN THE FUEL WAS POURED ONTO A WHITE TOWEL THE PARTICLES DISCOLORED THE TOWEL AS GRAPHITE MIGHT DO. AFTER THE VAPOR TOWER & EJECTOR ORIFICE WERE CLEANED, THE PUMP OPERATED NORMALLY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.