- Date
- December 3, 1982, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Hampton, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7728MMooney M22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821203063829A
- Case key
- 70951
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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
After takeoff the acft climbed to about 60-70 ft & the eng quit. The acft crash landed off the end of rwy 24. The overboard flexible atmospheric drain vent, connected to the fuel pressurization valve, was found to be plugged by a very small piece of foreign material that had the vent line completely blocked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7728M
- Reported as
- Mooney M22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 690003
- Airframe hours
- 1,522
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-541-A1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bentair Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bentair Inc.
- Departed
- 4A7 · Hampton, GA
- Destination
- 4A7 · Hampton, GA
- Airport
- 4A7 · Bear Creek, runway 24, 3,400 × 100 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,403 total · 9 in this make and model · 1,331 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7728M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.