- Date
- July 31, 1982, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Grantsburg, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3683QBeech A23A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820731033749A
- Case key
- 70891
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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 pilot could not start the aircraft with the mixture in the normal (rich) position. The mixture was set to lean and the engine started. During takeoff, the engine lost power and the pilot landed off the end of the runway. This was the first flight since an annual inspection. During a post accident inspection, the fuel pump adjustment screw had to beadjusted by 3 turns to get the fuel pressure down to normal. Also there was a 100 RPM rise when the mixture was leaned at 1000 RPM setting. Additionally, the spark plugs were found to be fouled with carbon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3683Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1055
- Airframe hours
- 1,932
- Engine
- Continental IO-346A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Hulteen
- Registered owner
- Charles Hulteen
- Departed
- GTG · Grantsburg, WI
- Destination
- GTG · Grantsburg, WI
- Airport
- GTG · Grantsburg Municipal, runway 30, 3,000 × 0 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,610 total · 2,610 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.