- Date
- October 18, 1992, 16:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Cumming, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3690QBeech A23A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921018042309A
- Case key
- 8696
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use the fuel boost pump when the engine malfunctioned during take off.
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
After take off, at about 300 feet AGL, the engine began to sputter & lose power, according to the pilot. He landed the airplane in a field where it collided with brush & the ground. Examination of the airplane revealed that there was fuel between the boost pump & the fuel injector servo, but no fuel between the servo & the fuel distributor manifold. The fuel boost pump was examined & found to be operational, as was the ignition system. The emergency procedure in the pilot's operating handbook for the airplane stated that the boost pump should be turned on in the event of an engine malfunction during take off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3690Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1058
- Airframe hours
- 1,840
- Engine
- Continental IO-346A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bryant, Larry S.
- Registered owner
- Bryant, Larry S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 84A
- Destination
- 84A
- Airport
- 84A · Mathis, runway 3, 1,530 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 56 in this make and model · 290 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 17 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.