# NTSB ATL82DA129: Beech A23-24, N5750V, Kingston, TN, May 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1982, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Kingston, TN
- Location: 35.8727° N, 84.5045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kingston, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8727&lon=-84.5045&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71273
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA129
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71273/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA129

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,fuel control - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5750V-1982-11-19), registration cancelled 1982-11-19, S/N MA-14 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-24
- Registry model: [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (registry code 1151226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MA-14
- Airframe hours: 1252
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820510015059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820510015059A), May 10, 1982: Beech A2324, Kingston, TN, Substantial damage. Engine quit after takeoff, pilot made emergency landing straight ahead in lake. Fuel injector p/n 25245506.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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