- Date
- September 13, 1987, 17:03 local (21:03 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, OH
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3651QBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870913051689A
- Case key
- 7518
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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 eng lost pwr shortly after tkof. A forced lndg was made in a field where the acft impacted a ditch. Post-crash exam of the acft engine revealed water and solid contamination in the fuel injector servo. The plt had recently purchased the acft. The acft reportedly last received an annual inspection 11 months earlier and almost 7 yrs had elapsed since the previous annual inspection. There were two adults and four children on board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3651Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-238
- Airframe hours
- 1,244
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-360-A2B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John K. Randall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1986 · 47 hours before
- Airport
- 14G · Fremont, runway 27, 4,015 × 40 ft, dirt
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 362 total · 5 in this make and model · 287 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FDY, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.