- Date
- September 14, 1983, 18:51 local (Sep 15, 1983, 02:51 UTC)
- Place
- Northway, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9365SBeech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830914051549A
- Case key
- 4057
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft nose gear collapsed during a forced landing after the engine quit at 300 ft AGL during takeoff. The plt stated the engine quit suddenly with and warning at 300 ft AGL. Witnesses on the arpt said they heard the engine misfiring and backfiring so badly during the takeoff roll they were sure that the plt would abort the takeoff. During the post accident examination the aux fuel pump switch was found in the off position. The on position is required for takeoff andlanding. Failure to use this pump and adjustment of mixture for takeoff will result in the symptoms described by the witnesses.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9365S
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1661
- Airframe hours
- 1,085
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jay H./Virginia Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 1983 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- ORT · Northway, runway 4, 3,300 × 60 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 200 in this make and model · 7,180 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORT, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9365S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.