Beechcraft 19B N25FD

Summary

On 21 June 2000 at about 16:30 local time, a Beechcraft 19B registered N25FD was involved in an accident near Tampa, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 June 2000 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Tampa, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Vandenberg Airport (X16)

Coordinates

27.9392, -82.5200

Aircraft

Beechcraft 19B

Registration

N25FD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Mobile

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL00LA065

Nobody was injured.

The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the weather conditions were favorable for the formation of carburetor ice. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the pilots lack of experience in the airplane which led to an inadvertent stall/mush.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, the engine quit shortly after takeoff, and according to the pilot rated passenger the engine lost power and collided with the runway during the attempted forced landing on the remaining runway surface. According to a pilot witness who observed the takeoff, the airplane took off in a nose high attitude, climbed to about 75 feet and appeared to stall back onto the runway, collapsing the right main and nose landing gear. On June 30, 2000, the airplanes engine was run. According to the FAA Inspector observing the engine run, the engine motored using the aircraft starter as a continuity check prior to the engine run. The engine started and ran at idle for about one minute. The engine power check produced 2360 rpm and the oil pressure was normal. A review of current weather information revealed that conditions were favorable for the formation of carburetor ice. The pilot reported that he had not accumulated any flight time in the accident type airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.