19900802033759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 58P · Springfield/Chi, MA · August 2, 1990

Date
August 2, 1990 · 07:13 local
Place
Springfield/Chi, MA
Airport
Westover Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PTZA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N138P
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC90LA182
Reported as
Beech 58P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520WB
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,050 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rough engine on liftoff,aborted safely but engines damaged by jet fuel pumped by mistake. Pilot failed to check.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE ON LIFTOFF,ABORTED SAFELY BUT ENGINES DAMAGED BY JET FUEL PUMPED BY MISTAKE. PILOT FAILED TO CHECK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.