Boeing A75N1(PT17) N50052

Summary

On 4 June 2011 at about 19:15 local time, a Boeing A75N1(PT17) registered N50052 was involved in an accident near Junction City, Kansas, 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

4 June 2011 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Junction City, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

39.0431, -96.8431

Aircraft

Boeing A75N1(PT17)

Registration

N50052

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Junction City → Junction City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA375

Nobody was injured.

The degraded engine performance due to low compression on the cylinder and delayed ignition timing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, during the initial climb after takeoff, the engine started losing power. The pilot believed the airplane was too far down the runway to abort the takeoff, so he continued the climb. Shortly after, the airplane impacted a tree and a house resulting in substantial damage to both wings. A postaccident examination of the engine revealed that the No. 6 cylinder had measured compression of 34/80 and that the ignition timing on the forward and aft bank of spark plugs was delayed resulting in a degradation of engine power. The airplane was loaded to within 150 pounds of the airplane's gross weight, and calculations of relevant meteorological data revealed that the density altitude was 3,350 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.