- Date
- January 5, 1983, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Peachtree City, GA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9234SBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830105074299A
- Case key
- 5884
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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 eng lost power shortly after the plt was making a takeoff. Subsequently, the acft was badly damaged during a landing in an area of relatively small trees & brush. An exam of the acft revealed there was water in the left fuel tank & carburetor. The fuel selector was found positioned to the left fuel tank & the right tank was empty. However, both fuel tanks were damaged during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9234S
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M 1730
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hlh Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 23, 1982
- Airport
- 2A9 · Falcon, runway 31, 4,600 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.