# NTSB ATL84LA260: Beech J35, N256AA, Chesapeake, VA, August 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 18, 1984, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Coordinates: 36.75027, -76.220947 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7503&lon=-76.2209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6524
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA260
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6524/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA260

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,line - corroded (cause)
  - maintenance - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - fuel system - blocked(partial) (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N256AA-1989-06-07), registration cancelled 1989-06-07, S/N D5587 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- Registry model: [Beech J35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (registry code 1151522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-5587
- Airframe hours: 2925
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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