- Date
- June 1, 1984, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N20BSMaule M-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6470
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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 acft lost power during takeoff climb and crashed on the arpt during a forced landing. Examination of the acft after the accident revealed that the right fuel tank vent was clogged about 4 inches into the vent by a mud dauber nest restricting fuel flow to the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20BS
- Reported as
- Maule M-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5036C
- Airframe hours
- 1,255
- Engine
- Franklin 220, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Lux
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1983 · 108 hours before
- Departed
- Troy, VA
- Destination
- Charlottesville, VA
- Airport
- Snow Hill, runway 3, 1,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,834 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
Other investigations on N20BS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.