- Date
- July 5, 1990, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Brunswick, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2249LBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900705024079A
- Case key
- 8253
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Probable cause
Engine malfunction for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the unseen ditch with which the airplane collided.
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
During the initial climb after take off the engine quit. A forced landing was made in a soybean field, and during the landing roll, the airplane hit a ditch. After the accident the spark plugs were found to be soot colored. There was continuity of the engine drive train. According to the pilot's operating manual the boost pump should be off for take off. However, its operation with the engine driven pump would not have enriched the mixture. A reason for the reported malfunction was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2249L
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC461
- Airframe hours
- 1,997
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A186, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark C. Pope Asociates, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 27, 1990 · 4 hours before
- Destination
- ISO · Kinston, NC
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 211 total · 131 in this make and model · 129 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM, 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.