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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Beech B19 · Tampa, FL · June 21, 2000

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Date
June 21, 2000 · 12:30 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
Vandenberg Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N25FD
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL00LA065
Reported as
Beech B19
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
147 total4 in the last 90 days
N25FDRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2014 · Beech B19S/N MB-772 · Built 1975Airframe modelBeech B19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Witness states that a/c took off normal, however steep clim, a/c appeared to stall at 75' then came down and impacted on center of runway. Pilot to log IFR flight to mobile, AL, but claims engine failure. (.4)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.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WITNESS STATES THAT A/C TOOK OFF NORMAL, HOWEVER STEEP CLIM, A/C APPEARED TO STALL AT 75' THEN CAME DOWN AND IMPACTED ON CENTER OF RUNWAY. PILOT TO LOG IFR FLIGHT TO MOBILE, AL, BUT CLAIMS ENGINE FAILURE. (.4)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.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ATL00LA065Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTampa, FLThe 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…Jun 21, 2000 · Substantial damage