- Date
- October 11, 1986, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Catherine, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N720BCCessna 305C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861011048619A
- Case key
- 7340
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt had landed in a soybean field to participate in a dove hunt. Abt 1000 he decided to fly to another field near a restaurant for breakfast. He attempted a short field t.o. and at about 100 ft AGL, he stated that the eng quit with no warning. As a result of maneuvering to avoid trees across the t.o. path, the plt stated that he did not have enough speed left to complete roundout. About 9 gal of fuel was found in the lt fuel tank and about 1/2 pt in the right. The plt stated that the t.o. was made on the lt tank. Sub to the accident, the eng was primed, started and run using the acft fuel sys from the wing attach points to the eng. The fuel sel functioned normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N720BC
- Reported as
- Cessna 305C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24726
- Airframe hours
- 3,998
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Russell W. Brothers, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 1986
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 14,103 total · 35 in this make and model · 13,790 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.