- Date
- March 10, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6266LGrumman American AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830310008599A
- Case key
- 5897
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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 plt took off on rwy 4 & made a climbing left turn for a downwind departure. At aprx 900 ft, there was a partial loss of power to about idle RPM. The plt stated that he switched fuel tanks, applied carburetor heat & pumped the throttle, all to no avail. He turned back to the arpt, but was unable to reach the rwy. The nose gear collapsed during a landing on soft terrain, aprx 150 yards short of rwy 22. An investigation revealed that the inside screen & sponge element of the air intake filter, pn BA-4210, had come loose. Subsequently, the screen & sponge had become lodged in the throat of the carburetor air box & obstructed the airflow to the carburetor. The metal in the screen was found to be non-magnetic. AD 81-15-03 had been issued to correct the filter problem by replacing the aluminum screen with a steel screen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6266L
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B0066
- Airframe hours
- 2,723
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flightline Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1983 · 14 hours before
- Destination
- ECG · Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport
- W36 · Chesapeake Municipal, runway 22, 3,600 × 60 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 40 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORF, 10 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.