# NTSB ATL87LA258: Beech A23-24, N3651Q, Fremont, OH, September 13, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 13, 1987, 17:03 local (21:03 UTC)
- Place: Fremont, OH
- Coordinates: 41.350513, -83.109809 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3505&lon=-83.1098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7518
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA258
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7518/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA258

## 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,injector - contamination (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - open field
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3651Q-1988-04-07), registration cancelled 1988-04-07, S/N MA238 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-24
- Registry model: [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (registry code 1151226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MA-238
- Airframe hours: 1244
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870913051689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870913051689A), Sep 13, 1987: Beech A2324, Fremont, OH, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Hit a ditch while landing in field. Water, dirt in fuel nozzles. Had set 11 months inactive

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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