- Date
- September 9, 1992, 16:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Revere, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24600Beech 19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920909035619A
- Case key
- 11850
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing was a factor.
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
This was the first time in two weeks the airplane was flown. The pilot was taking off on runway 14 when the engine lost partial power about 15 feet above the ground. He said that he made a forced landing in the field straight ahead. During the landing, the left main gear sheared off and the airplane exited the runway into a heavily wooded area. According to the FAA, examination of the engine did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction. The examination included starting and running the engine at various power settings. The loss of engine power could not be duplicated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24600
- Reported as
- Beech 19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-543
- Airframe hours
- 2,236
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alec Nagy
- Registered owner
- Alec S Nagy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 24PA
- Airport
- 24PA · Schneiders Field, runway 14, 2,180 × 130 ft, grass/turf
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 341 total · 87 in this make and model · 252 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABE, 1 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.