- Date
- November 3, 1982, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3582BBeech 50
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821103059759A
- Case key
- 72332
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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
Left engine lost power after takeoff. Pilot feathered left engine and returned to runway on one engine. Since he was overshooting he elected to land on grass wheels up to avoid overrun and collision with ditch. The following discrepancies were found: exhaust valve leak #4 cyl; #1 cyl top plug gap 0.000; #1 cyl lower ignition lead internally shorted; #5 cyl spark plugs loose; #2 cyl lower ignition lead shield broken & ignition wire exposed; #4 cyl lower ignition lead cigarette spring cut & stretched; #2,4 & 6 cyl upper ignition leads showed occasional open; and r/h mag "p" lead intermittently grounded internally at mag connection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3582B
- Reported as
- Beech 50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CH-101
- Airframe hours
- 4,737
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-435-C2, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Don G. Porter
- Registered owner
- Don G. Porter
- Departed
- KWN · Quinhagak, AK
- Destination
- Bethel, AK
- Airport
- KWN · Kwinhagak, runway 22, 2,100 × 75 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,846 total · 222 in this make and model · 10,726 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.