What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The preliminary investigation conducted on scene at Linden NC of a T-34B N93013 indicated departure from a Private landing strip of approximately 3000' with ground contact approximately 1000' from the end of that strip. The aircraft had impact damage to the wings and prop, the tail section had been severed from the aircraft. The aircraft was sitting roughly parallel to the runway, gear up. There was no smell of fuel and there was no indication of spillage or distress to the proximate vegetation. Additionaly we were able to confirm that the hobbs reading was 7279.4 when the aircraft was picked up by privacy data omitted and 7281.7 at the point of impact. The flight time from kinston regional (iso) to privacy data omitted home airport was estimated at .4 to .5HR. The aircraft was picked up from iso on the April 7th and the accident occured on April 14. This leaves almost two hours of flight time unaccounted for. With this dissparity in aircrft hobbs, and the lack of evidence of residual fuel would indicate that there could have been additional flights in the 14 days between the time the aircraft was picked up at iso and the accident. Less than full fule on take off, extended pre-take-off runs ups, and additional flights could have certinly lead to fuel starvation on takeoff.
As the FAA filed it
THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED ON SCENE AT LINDEN NC OF A T-34B N93013 INDICATED DEPARTURE FROM A PRIVATE LANDING STRIP OF APPROXIMATELY 3000' WITH GROUND CONTACT APPROXIMATELY 1000' FROM THE END OF THAT STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT HAD IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE WINGS AND PROP, THE TAIL SECTION HAD BEEN SEVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SITTING ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, GEAR UP. THERE WAS NO SMELL OF FUEL AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF SPILLAGE OR DISTRESS TO THE PROXIMATE VEGETATION.ADDITIONALY WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE HOBBS READING WAS 7279.4 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PICKED UP BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND 7281.7 AT THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE FLIGHT TIME FROM KINSTON REGIONAL (ISO) TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOME AIRPORT WAS ESTIMATED AT .4 TO .5HR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PICKED UP FROM ISO ON THE APRIL 7TH AND THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON APRIL 14. THIS LEAVES ALMOST TWO HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME UNACCOUNTED FOR. WITH THIS DISSPARITY IN AIRCRFT HOBBS, AND THE LACK OF EVIDENCE OF RESIDUAL FUEL WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS IN THE 14 DAYS BETWEEN THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS PICKED UP AT ISO AND THE ACCIDENT. LESS THAN FULL FULE ON TAKE OFF, EXTENDED PRE-TAKE-OFF RUNS UPS, AND ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS COULD HAVE CERTINLY LEAD TO FUEL STARVATION ON TAKEOFF.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.