- Date
- May 10, 1982, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kingston, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5750VBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820510015059A
- Case key
- 71273
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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
During takeoff, the engine lost power at about 300 ft AGL and the pilot ditched the plane in a lake. After the ditching, the pilot egressed from the plane and enter a fishing boat that pulled up alongside. Shortly after that, the plank sank. After the aircraft was recovered, the engine was prepared for a test run. After some difficulty in starting, it ran smoothly when the mixture was leaned excessively. When the fuel control unit was replaced, the engine operated normally. After that, the engine was checked with the original fuel control re-installed, and again, it would run smoothly only when leaned. The original fuel control unit was bench tested. Reportedly, it tested normal, and after that, it operated properly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5750V
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-14
- Airframe hours
- 1,252
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy D. Gowder
- Departed
- 30A · Kingston, TN
- Destination
- 30A · Kingston, TN
- Airport
- 30A · Meadow Lake, runway 4, 2,600 × 0 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 422 total · 266 in this make and model · 337 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.