- Date
- December 16, 1982, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Anderson, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N61857Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821216066989A
- Case key
- 69778
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After takeoff, while several hundred feet in the air, the engine backfired & quit. The plt was able to turn around & head back toward the arpt, but could not quite reach the rwy. The acft landed 1,000 ft short of the rwy, hit a ditch & flipped over. The plt stated that the cork seal in the fuel selector had deteriorated, restricting fuel to the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61857
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-4733
- Airframe hours
- 2,843
- Engine
- Continental W-670-16, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul H. Eskew
- Registered owner
- Paul H. Eskew
- Departed
- AND · Anderson, SC
- Destination
- AND · Anderson, SC
- Airport
- AND · Anderson County, runway 5, 5,000 × 150 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 365 total · 15 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 133 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.