- Date
- August 18, 1984, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N256AABeech J35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6524
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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 had not been flown for about 5 yrs. The plt, who was a mechanic, performed an eng ground run & the eng stopped after he noted a fuel flow problem. He examined the eng & found that the fuel injectors were clogged with corrosion. They were cleaned, & afterwards, the eng was ground run for aprx 30 min at several power setting & it performed without incident. Before taking off on a test flt, another ground run-up was made. During takeoff at about 200 ft AGL, the eng lost power. At that time, the fuel gage was reportedly pegged, indicating blockage. The acft was then landed in a mature corn field & was damaged. An exam of the eng revealed corrosion in the fuel lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N256AA
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5587
- Airframe hours
- 2,925
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carter L. Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- PVG · Hampton Roads, runway 20, 3,526 × 70 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 5,785 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORF, 17 nm away